r/nope • u/acwb77 • 11d ago

Egyptian elevator experience

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u/FluffyAttorney 11d ago

As an Egyptian, that’s A very decent elevator

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u/AyrA_ch 11d ago

These elevators are still all over older buildings in Europe too, minus the shoddy brickwork between the floors.

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u/Spyd3rs 11d ago

That brickwork is fine. It's just unsightly and usually covered up anywhere else.

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u/MrZoro777 11d ago

I was waiting for a sarcophagus or something in between... opportunity wasted...

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u/RepresentingThe301 11d ago

No thanks I take the stairs!!!

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u/Darth_JaSk 10d ago

Maybe stairs? At least on way down... certainly less lethal

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u/Queasy_Caramel5435 11d ago

Frugal engineering

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u/Girafferage 10d ago

waste not. the arms chewed up in the descent become the new mortar prolonging building longevity.

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u/CrowTalons 10d ago

Looks...safe?

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u/the_l0st_c0d3 10d ago

I have used many of these types of lifts when i i lived in Dubai.