In message , michael
adams writes

"Ian Jackson" wrote in message
...

I have fond memories of being in a hotel in Tel Aviv one Saturday
morning. My room was
on something like the 16th floor. I made the mistake of taking the
'Shabbat lift - the
one where the door opens and closes automatically, and it stops on
every floor. It was
long, long trip.

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But surely you could have got out at the next floor, the
first floor the Shabat Lift stopped at and taken the other
lift ? Or at least at the second floor the lift stopped at,
once you realised what was going on ?

michael adams

Yes - but it's only after stopping on several floors that you realise
something odd is happening, and by then it's a toss-up whether it would
be better to get out and wait to for the other (remaining) non-Shabbat
lift (which might be pretty busy), or simply stick it out where you are.
As the saying goes, "A bird in the hand etc etc"!
--
Ian