The smallest lift in the world
Every single person who visits our offices always comments on the size of our lift. When we were moving in it was a pain. Almost every piece of furniture had to be carried up five flights of stairs because the lift is so small. Chalky swapped his commuting bike for a folding Brompton because he got fed up of lugging it five floors.
In case you think we’re exaggerating, its dimensions are approximately 38 inches wide by 21 inches deep. (That’s 97cms x 54cms in new money.)
Actual size 
It’s supposed to hold 4 people. But they’d have to be very thin people, not because of the weight limit (although Chalky is 100kg on his own), but just to fit into the thing. It would work out as just less than 200 square inches of floor space each ( approximately 14 inches by 14 inches for the less mathematically adept among you – just less than 36cms x 36cms in new money). Even two people have to synchronise their breathing. Perhaps we should market it as therapy for claustrophobics, or a leisure destination for agrophobics.
Category: Makes you think | Tags: Lift, Office 2 comments »
April 1st, 2009 at 9:50 pm
i am looking for such a lift, could you mail me the brand of yr lift? thks….april
April 2nd, 2009 at 8:23 am
Hi April, and anyone else who might enjoy being in such a small lift – is there a word for that I wonder? A claustro-fetishist perhaps? Or a submariner
Anyway, it’s an Otis Europa, and quite an old one I think.