In message , at 09:45:03 on
Tue, 27 Aug 2013, Basil Jet remarked:
Lots of CEOs have private lifts from their underground car parks so they
can avoid meeting not just the public, but even their own minions on the
way up to the executive suite.

Really? That seems rather expensive, compared to just programming the
lifts to stop nowhere else when going to or from the top floor, and
possibly having a back door that is only used in the basement.

There's also the time element. How long would the CEO have to wait on
the top floor for a lift to arrive? And how could you ensure it was empty.

These can be achieved by having a separate lift above the main one in
the same shaft, and having a few steps up to the directors entrance in
the basement, and having a car sensor in the directors parking spot.
Still waaaaaay cheaper than the director having his own lift shaft
sitting empty all day through the entire building.

That doesn't solve how long you have to wait for the lift-combo to get
to the top floor, nor how long it takes to get down to the basement
while the lower lift stops at every floor.

Actually, it'd be just as bad in the opposite direction too.
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Roland Perry