[Nfbwv-talk] My Experience with the Elevator

[Smyth, Charlene R]

Yesterday morning, I went to my family doctor's office to have some
blood work done.  I walked through the first door and started veering to
the left to find the second door.  When my cane hit the wall, I reached
out to look for the door handle.  When I couldn't find the door handle,
I of course started moving and looking around.  In just a step or two in
either direction there was another wall.  I figured I must have gotten
back in a little alcove and just needed to work my way out of it.  I
couldn't find any opening and thought, "Now wait a minute, I got in here
so there has to be a way out of here."  Then I realized I was in an
elevator.  That elevator was the smallest elevator I have ever seen.  I
started looking for the buttons and Braille to no avail.  If there were
buttons on that elevator, I couldn't find them.  Maybe it was a flat
panel for the buttons.  I tried knocking on the elevator door to get
someone's attention with no success so I pulled out my cell phone to
call the doctor's office to explain where I was and what I needed.  Then
I heard a couple of people come in the outer door so I started knocking
on the elevator door again and asked them to open the door.  First of
all, I didn't even know there was an elevator in that small building and
secondly, I must have walked through with perfect timing to walk right
on the elevator while the door was open.  I am still smiling about it.  

 

Charlene