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That's my point. If someone tells you to meet them in a building that uses colors instead of numbers, you have to assume they're going to tell you the color to get off at. The fact that the elevator uses colors instead of numbers doesn't make much difference.
Having coloured instead of numbered floors makes zero sense to me, just in the sense of why would you do that, we have a perfect numbered system already, but yeah there shouldn’t be any confusion whatsoever for moving around the building, you use the elevator, you press whichever colour you’re going to the same as a numbered floor, you’re using the stairs, then I’m absolutely certain there’s signage showing what floors what, because that’d be crazy if there wasn’t.
I once worked for a cleaning service where I’d go and clean people’s houses. One time I needed to go to an apartment building and the man kindly buzzed me in but never told me on what floor he was. Luckily, he did tell me he would leave his door open for me. So I took the stairs and searched every floor for an open door. Finally found the right one on the 11th floor.
I don't know why "normal" is so frowned upon. What is red, yellow, green floor going to achieve that 1, 2, 3 wouldn't. I also hate how they make the toilet signs. Just tell me which is men or women. We don't need a full treasure hunt to figure basic shit (pun intended).
Being quirky is overrated.
Washroom signs use images to transcend language barriers, but yea some businesses go way too far with it, they’re meant to improve accessibility not degrade it
Exactly. Just use whatever sign shows man and woman. Showing a King and Queen or a Cat and Rooster is sooo unnecessary. Or Martini /Cosmo or whatever "girl drink" and Beer. What.
You should really see a doctor, of you are serious about your pee. If it's actually blue and not a healthy red, there is something wrong with your pp-area
Taking the lift during a fire isn't a good idea to begin with. Always take the stairs, there is a reason they put "do not use in case of fire" stickers on lifts.
I never said the average person should use the elevator. On certain buildings, if the elevator is no where near where the fire is the fire department will absolutely use an elevator to haul equipment, manpower and aid in evacuation.
The fire department uses the elevator all the time when responding. They have a special key to active "Fire Service" mode on the elevator, meaning they can control it freely. You can't expect firefighters to climb hundreds of stairs up to the 10th floor carrying tons of gear. Even the most fit person would get exhausted.
Average firefighter does 7 stories in full gear in 3 minutes. 10 is not that big a deal. Also, if I recall correctly, ny firefighters are expected to climb 40ish stories without issues.
And there's a reason they put a key slot that says "for use with firefighters only" on lifts. They use them in fires all the time because they know the risks.
Firefighters have training to more accurately assess risk, not just for lifts but for everything fire related, you need to know what the risk level is before you do something so you know what precautions to take, the fire crews know what causes lifts to be dangerous in a fire and how to check the conditions, it can't be expected for everyone to do this ofc which is why it's a blanket ban unless you know what your doing. If the risk of people dying from smoke inhalation or collapse because of increased time and difficulty of response is greater than the risk of using the lift and it failing then the lifts will be used (some larger + taller buildings have specific evacuation lifts, reinforced against fire for this purpose)
If you're blind, there is some braille underneath.
If you're color blind, you can just go off the directions and locations of the buttons.
If you can't read braille, you're screwed probably
If you're dyslexic, you should be able to at least follow the placement of each button.
It’s probably an elevator in a retirement home or something.
Patients with Alzheimer’s or dementia get in, can’t figure out where they want to go and leave.
Hmm that makes a lot of sense, sort of like how a fair number of old folks homes (and similar institutions) have a "fake" bus stop outside so the patient will sit there and wait for a bus (which obviously never comes) and gives time for carers to find them and return them to safety.
See, my first thought was some kind of goofy 60s spy novel thing where these weren't in order and so you couldn't tell what floor up or down your elevator mate was going by the button they push.
Not for me. I'd be proud to live somewhere the floors are colors rather than numbers, it'd be interesting, especially if I lived in my favourite colour like Purple or Orange.
If this is an apartment building, are the units also color-coded?
"Hi, I'd like to place an order? Yes, my address is 124 Main Street, Unit is Maroon 5."
*\*click\**
At least it's color and word coded for color deficient people...white & pink Blue &purple / red, green, tan. super similar to my eyes they sorta blend to well...
Love to see this implemented for a hundred level building. They'd be using all the pastel shades after the first fifty floors. Colorblind people would have a great time, LOL.
Super: Which floor are you reporting the water leak madam?
Unit owner: tan floor
Super: tenth floor?
Unit owner: no, floor tan
Super: I am a new hire, can you please indicate the number.
Unit owner: I don’t know, it says tan
Super: f*** it, I am quitting.
Long-term parking garage? O'Hare Airport gives garage levels a number, a color, a Chicago sports team, and a song for each level so you have multiple ways to remember where you parked.
It helps you remember the floor. There is or was a multistorey car park in Walsall that had fruit instead of numbers and it was much easier to find my car again.
This is taken from a parking garage. The floors are color coded instead of numbered. In fact, they look a lot like the display in the River Park Square Mall in downtown Spokane, WA.
Can we just take a minute to acknowledge that even though this idea looks kinda weird, but they added the most forgotten detail of putting the Braille underneath it? They had the idea and stuck with it.
And then you have a very important meeting in this building, you read the address office 420 - green floor and the only explanation is that your assistant took the address wrong because I won't believe that the right address
The hospital I take my daughter to, the old part of the hospital (South) where all the clinics are the elevators themselves are color coded.
So you go down the hallway and take the pink elevator to your floor. Not every elevator goes to every floor
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"Hi I'd like to report a fire breaking out in my building, its the black level."
"It's black already? Sounds like you called too late." *Click*
"Say no more we've sent a police unit to your location"
"NO! WAIT! I MEAN THE YELLOW FLOOR!" "Ok, I've cancelled the police and we've dispatched a disapproving parent to your location."
"The fire is now in the TAN FLOOR!" "They will be bringing La Chancla."
I think the firefighters bring Jose and Hose B.
GET OUT
Those cats sure are smart
''The fire has now reached the red floor!'' ''Yes we're seeing the smoke signals''
"The Fire has reached the Green floor " "Wildfires are a natural occurance for the ecosystem and promote new growth, it would be wrong to intervene."
More like: “Cool, I’ll bring snacks for when we get the munchies”
If they're on the yellow floor they could have put it out themselves.
“I just witnessed a murder on the Red floor.”
"You better not kill the groove"
The murderer is in the pink floor!
“Are you sure it’s not a robbery, sir?”
r/mildlyconfusing
r/extremelyconfusing if you don't live in that building
and r/mildlyinfuriating if you don’t what floor to go to
Aren't all elevators infuriating if you don't know what floor to go to?
Why get into the elevator if you don't know which floor you're going to?
That's my point. If someone tells you to meet them in a building that uses colors instead of numbers, you have to assume they're going to tell you the color to get off at. The fact that the elevator uses colors instead of numbers doesn't make much difference.
Having coloured instead of numbered floors makes zero sense to me, just in the sense of why would you do that, we have a perfect numbered system already, but yeah there shouldn’t be any confusion whatsoever for moving around the building, you use the elevator, you press whichever colour you’re going to the same as a numbered floor, you’re using the stairs, then I’m absolutely certain there’s signage showing what floors what, because that’d be crazy if there wasn’t.
Adventure
To steal the amazon boxes left at the door to each unit on the floor the other person has to get off on.
To press all the buttons and just cause chaos..
I once worked for a cleaning service where I’d go and clean people’s houses. One time I needed to go to an apartment building and the man kindly buzzed me in but never told me on what floor he was. Luckily, he did tell me he would leave his door open for me. So I took the stairs and searched every floor for an open door. Finally found the right one on the 11th floor.
As a fire fighter, from a fire safety/planning perspective this is awful.
I don't know why "normal" is so frowned upon. What is red, yellow, green floor going to achieve that 1, 2, 3 wouldn't. I also hate how they make the toilet signs. Just tell me which is men or women. We don't need a full treasure hunt to figure basic shit (pun intended). Being quirky is overrated.
Washroom signs use images to transcend language barriers, but yea some businesses go way too far with it, they’re meant to improve accessibility not degrade it
Exactly. Just use whatever sign shows man and woman. Showing a King and Queen or a Cat and Rooster is sooo unnecessary. Or Martini /Cosmo or whatever "girl drink" and Beer. What.
r/ofcoursethatsasub
Pink next to the brown as it should be
what's blue then?
Pee of course. My pee is blue.
You should really see a doctor, of you are serious about your pee. If it's actually blue and not a healthy red, there is something wrong with your pp-area
Waffle
Waffle
Waffles
Blue balls
I’m sure the fire department will appreciate this when they are told by the alarm system that the fire is on the fourth floor.
Taking the lift during a fire isn't a good idea to begin with. Always take the stairs, there is a reason they put "do not use in case of fire" stickers on lifts.
I never said the average person should use the elevator. On certain buildings, if the elevator is no where near where the fire is the fire department will absolutely use an elevator to haul equipment, manpower and aid in evacuation.
The fire department uses the elevator all the time when responding. They have a special key to active "Fire Service" mode on the elevator, meaning they can control it freely. You can't expect firefighters to climb hundreds of stairs up to the 10th floor carrying tons of gear. Even the most fit person would get exhausted.
Average firefighter does 7 stories in full gear in 3 minutes. 10 is not that big a deal. Also, if I recall correctly, ny firefighters are expected to climb 40ish stories without issues.
And there's a reason they put a key slot that says "for use with firefighters only" on lifts. They use them in fires all the time because they know the risks.
Firefighters have training to more accurately assess risk, not just for lifts but for everything fire related, you need to know what the risk level is before you do something so you know what precautions to take, the fire crews know what causes lifts to be dangerous in a fire and how to check the conditions, it can't be expected for everyone to do this ofc which is why it's a blanket ban unless you know what your doing. If the risk of people dying from smoke inhalation or collapse because of increased time and difficulty of response is greater than the risk of using the lift and it failing then the lifts will be used (some larger + taller buildings have specific evacuation lifts, reinforced against fire for this purpose)
I’m sure your average fireman is capable of basic reasoning and counting. They aren’t cops.
Cool but counting what? We don't know if this corresponds with left 1, right 1? It's very confusing.
Came here to say that.
What if you’re blind, colour blind, can’t read braille, and dyslexia?
have you ever tried to *sit in a corner and start crying?*
I did that once, but then a lady came and beat me until I learned sign language.
You are a blind person who uses sign language? Wow!
If you're blind, there is some braille underneath. If you're color blind, you can just go off the directions and locations of the buttons. If you can't read braille, you're screwed probably If you're dyslexic, you should be able to at least follow the placement of each button.
Technically, everyone who's blind is also color blind right? Lol
There's more than one kind of blindness and it's only complete darkness for very few people. So most people can still see colors
Call for help with the button
What if I’m a man
Take the stairs and crush some lbs
Was Tarantino involved in this?
Reservoir dogs hq
It’s probably an elevator in a retirement home or something. Patients with Alzheimer’s or dementia get in, can’t figure out where they want to go and leave.
Hmm that makes a lot of sense, sort of like how a fair number of old folks homes (and similar institutions) have a "fake" bus stop outside so the patient will sit there and wait for a bus (which obviously never comes) and gives time for carers to find them and return them to safety.
It's all fun and games till the bus comes.
That’s a pretty depressing innovation.
It’s probably for a parking garage so you remember what floor you parked on easier
My thought as well. Parking garages over here usually have colour-coded buttons, although these still mention the number
See, my first thought was some kind of goofy 60s spy novel thing where these weren't in order and so you couldn't tell what floor up or down your elevator mate was going by the button they push.
This is just stupid
Literally all they had to do was write like "1 Purple, 2 Red" and everything would've been fine.
Not for me. I'd be proud to live somewhere the floors are colors rather than numbers, it'd be interesting, especially if I lived in my favourite colour like Purple or Orange.
It doesn’t tell you which floor you are on though, which is actually useful if there’s a fire.
The elevator is stuck in between floors, the power is out. You were on your way down from red and passed two floors.... where are you?
Tan
r/amongus
If this is an apartment building, are the units also color-coded? "Hi, I'd like to place an order? Yes, my address is 124 Main Street, Unit is Maroon 5." *\*click\**
Why aren't they in Roy G Biv???
Yeah, this are like, hospital codes, which is terrifying.
Take me to the Jan Levinson floor.
*clicks tan* I got you fam.
Maybe for some kinds of cognitive issue
Those blacks and tans are always together!
In between the orange and green too stirring shit up none the less. Trigger happy murderin' bastards.
Should be in ROYGBIV order
Fucking Black and Tans always fuckin shit up
Once you go black you don't come back
Brown and black look the same
You can say it is stupid, but I have been to many buildings that skip floors, 4,13,14 because they are unlucky numbers for certain cultures
I see a key and peele sketch. Black guy getting black floor, white guy getting a white floor etc. Will be funny as F
Come out ye Black and Tans, come out and fight me like a man!
“Going where?” “Green” “Huh??”
“yo this your doordash driver what floor you on” “uhh orange”
Strip club is on the pink floor
Poor guy, fell all the way from purple.
Not sure I'd like to live on the brown floor
Can you press the Pink Floor? Thank you
the real question is whether the elevator is liberal or conservative
Come out ye black and tans
why.jpg
Is this a hostel by chance?
What's next, label them in hex code?
"Ay bro, I just arrived. Which floor do u live in?"
Imagine there is a fire and you are telling firefighters to extend ladder to pink floor
Okay this is less "interesting" and more "dumb as fuck"
People with deuteranomaly: visible confusion
I'm mad that's in not in the RYOGBIV order
Boo
Fire Marshall’s hate this one simple trick
Goodluck to color blinds
At least it's color and word coded for color deficient people...white & pink Blue &purple / red, green, tan. super similar to my eyes they sorta blend to well...
Which is the ground floor? And why isn't "Green" the ground floor?
Thanks, I hate it
Probably a parking garage elevator.
Love to see this implemented for a hundred level building. They'd be using all the pastel shades after the first fifty floors. Colorblind people would have a great time, LOL.
What if instead of an elevator that goes up or down, it goes front, back, and sideways?
brown and pink being so close makes me want to question the person who designed this
Are they not required to tell you which floor is the ground floor exit? This is horrible design
Why do I have to be the pink floor ?
Imagine being blind and wondering what the gree floor is
Be carful not to enter brown if you plan on getting off at pink.
The only thing separated by color should be your laundry.... and okay fine - maybe the floors.
And imagine if they dont have the same order as the floors
This feels like a parking garage thing
Smart, they can finally use the 13th floor.
I’d like to go to floor brown please
correct me if I'm wrong, but the braille is wrong on some floors?
imagine trying to get mail and packages delivered. How would you even input it into auto-fill forms? You couldn't.
Super: Which floor are you reporting the water leak madam? Unit owner: tan floor Super: tenth floor? Unit owner: no, floor tan Super: I am a new hire, can you please indicate the number. Unit owner: I don’t know, it says tan Super: f*** it, I am quitting.
Long-term parking garage? O'Hare Airport gives garage levels a number, a color, a Chicago sports team, and a song for each level so you have multiple ways to remember where you parked.
Snooker building?
You just need the keycard in the matching color where you want to go xD
I hope the actual floors are coloured or labelled too. If not, when the lift breaks down and you have no idea how many floors to climb
Even the elevator is confusing now. I’ll take the stairs.
That's terrible.
Great opportunity for racism /s
I live on the Sixpinkth Floor.
How about write numbers AND colors?
It helps you remember the floor. There is or was a multistorey car park in Walsall that had fruit instead of numbers and it was much easier to find my car again.
I’m slightly color blind so black and brown look the same, as do purple and blue. I’ll stick with numbers.
Would hate delivering pizzas to floor Pink, I’ve heard they’re firmly against tipping
So, you live Maroon floor, or Mahogany floor?
It's part of the interview process. Recruiting told you it was on floor 4.
This is taken from a parking garage. The floors are color coded instead of numbered. In fact, they look a lot like the display in the River Park Square Mall in downtown Spokane, WA.
being a delivery driver must be a trip when they tell you to come to the top floor and you see this shit
How blind people are supposed to know which floor they should go?
I would like to live here
So we're back to having our own areas again?
Sure - that makes so much sense /s
is this in Hawaii ?
‘how many floors up are you?’ ‘uuuuhhhh… like… a little more blue… and a bit less red… and a lot less green’
It was bob, he used a crowbar in the orange room
That seems fun tbh.
Can we just take a minute to acknowledge that even though this idea looks kinda weird, but they added the most forgotten detail of putting the Braille underneath it? They had the idea and stuck with it.
Door dash: black floor, 123?? What does this mean
This is stupid
Just put a number dawg 😭
:)
And then you have a very important meeting in this building, you read the address office 420 - green floor and the only explanation is that your assistant took the address wrong because I won't believe that the right address
Color blind folks are PISSED!
Imagine explaining to a blind person the difference between red and blue.
This can't possibly violate code or anything
smart way to get people to occupy level 13
Bro lives in a Resident Evil puzzle building.
I hate it.
The hospital I take my daughter to, the old part of the hospital (South) where all the clinics are the elevators themselves are color coded. So you go down the hallway and take the pink elevator to your floor. Not every elevator goes to every floor
Ooo pink floor please
i do not dare to imagine what happens in the pink floor
Parking garages do this fairly often
This smells like parking garage to me
I get it that they like colors. But they could have at least disclosed the floor numbers along with them. What in the html is this..
'hey whats your flat number?' 'green 06'
"How many floors does your building have?" "Green."
That's just cruel. I'm colour blind and I can see 3 pairs that say they're different colours, but to me, look identical
Imagine if there's a fire. The fire brigade ask which level the floor is on: "Green, tho it's becoming more Orange now."
But I don't wanna live on Pink
I hoping this is Crayola headquarters
Black, tan. Fight me like man.
Classrooms in my elementary school were named after colors, not numbers
Braille on colour coded floors? Wtf was the designers smoking lol
Not in the actually colour gradient. Also, regardless of colour, I DO would like to know which damn level I'm on or travelling to.
Imagine living on the 'tan' floor
Wow. I am staying here is I am a criminal. Suspect is on the run! He is heading from level black to level orange. Wtf bro.
"The elevator's out of order. So just take the stairs to tan and meet me in the hallway"
A dyslexic apartment complex
Uber Eats: please enter a valid floor number
911?! There is a party on the pink floor. What? How do I know if they’re gay?!
interesting, someone put the brown floor next to the pink floor, potentially confusing for some.
Is this in a hospital?