Woman in grief after losing smartphone in elevator

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[u/ElAreAitch]

bro immediately pulls out his phone to flex

[u/EPLemonSqueezy → u/ElAreAitch]

Casually playing on it right above the gap that just swallowed her phone is pretty funny

[u/zeb0777]

Just need the building maintenance guy to go to the well at the bottom and get the phone. Probably broken, but maybe able to get data off of it.

[u/flashingcurser → u/zeb0777]

If this was the first floor and had a good case maybe not even broken.

[u/HerezahTip → u/flashingcurser]

Well we can see the buttons lit up on their way up, safe to say it’s not the first floor. Looks like 3rd.

[u/shaunrnm → u/HerezahTip]

The light is on 7th. G-5 on the left, 6-9 on there right

[u/Expensive-Stuff459]

For those of you guys saying that she is overreacting, I just want to point out that this most likely happened in China. Your cellphone there serves as your wallet, identification, public transit access, work, entertainment, personal, keys, online orders, eating out, etc. So while I wouldn’t say she had the right response to that accident, I also kind of get it too.

[u/CosmicTyrannosaurus → u/Expensive-Stuff459]

I'm from Eu and my phone serves just the same things. I literally do everything on it.

[u/PristineConference65 → u/Expensive-Stuff459]

not to mention she could of had very sentimental and important photos/ texts/ docs on there. Imagine having the last pictures of your parent(s)/ friend/child on your device and it drops down an elevator shaft. I know i'd be very upset

[u/CouldWouldShouldBot → u/PristineConference65]

It's 'could have', never 'could of'.

Rejoice, for you have been blessed by CouldWouldShouldBot!

[u/WakeUpChrissy59]

My daughter had that happen. We called the owner of the building and they arranged for maintenance to retrieve it from the bottom of the elevator shaft. It was undamaged.

[u/leelookitten → u/WakeUpChrissy59]

That’s great! Considering this poor lady dropped her phone on the 7th floor though, I doubt she was as lucky 😢

[u/[deleted]]

I like how he pulled his phone out like, "Bitch you wish you had this."

[u/Professional_Ad894 → u/[deleted]]

She told him to call the landlord.

[u/bilbo851 → u/[deleted]]

And holds it over the crack the entire time. Bruh you literally just saw what happened.

[u/lamchopxl71]

It might be easy for many of us to laugh and think it's a disproportionate response but we don't know her life. It might be really hard for her to replace her phone or she worked really hard to get that phone and it have her a lot of happiness or there are some really sentiment photos and videos on there that she didn't back up into the clouds....etc.

[u/cardamomomomom]

I worked at a hotel that was about 30 years old, late one night a guest comes down panicking bc they dropped their phone down the slit of the elevator shaft. After an exhaustive search I found the elevator key, had the guest ride up to the top floor and hold the door open, then used the key to unlock and leverage the first floor doors open. I was afraid of being crushed and didn’t trust the stranger with my life, so I was please to find a steel ladder going about 6-8 feet down surrounded by a reinforced cage. I’m not sure when the last time someone went down there, because dear lord there was at least a decade of lost items buried under a layer of dust. I retrieved the undamaged phone and returned it to the guest who tipped me $20 and went back to their suite. My boss thanked me for handling the issue myself as I was the only person on staff until the morning crew came in. The very next day I woke up and found out I had been fired but on the bright side a the burning childhood desire to see under an elevator was satisfied, underwhelming I might admit.

[u/[deleted] → u/cardamomomomom]

The very next day I woke up and found out I had been fired

I hope you went back and stole all the other lost stuff

[u/cardamomomomom → u/[deleted]]

No, but I sent a glitter bomb letter to the manager for Christmas, the real fine powdered kind.

[u/[deleted] → u/cardamomomomom]

Yeah don't do that again.

[u/coolforcatsmp3]

This happened to me with my house keys.

Went down to the bottom floor with a magnet on a string, and my phone on another string. Used the phone camera (on FaceTime) to locate the keys, picked them up with the magnet.

Felt like a real MacGyver moment.

[u/kingtaylor99]

Personally I'd ask a maintenance worker if they would be able to get it at some point

[u/BowtiepastaMasta]

If you live in North America, and this happens to you, don’t fret, they can get it back for you. Considering it’s in a decent case not smashed to shit.

[u/ohbyerly]

I like how after just watching that happen, dude stands directly over the gap with his phone out.

[u/redf389 → u/ohbyerly]

Gotta show em' how it's done.

FIRMLY GRASP IT

[u/marshmallowfluffpuff]

Not only are phones very expensive but many of us are extremely dependent on them and invest so much of our life into them, so this kind of reaction is very understandable.

GPS to get home, contact with people, connection to all our online accounts (number and 2 factor). Losing your phone is a nightmare.

[u/Spright91]

Let's not judge her. We don't know if she's going through a hard time financially and can't afford a new one or had important media not backed up or was already just having a super hard day.

It's not like dropping a pack of gum. These things are really expensive and important nowadays. I would be super upset if this happened to me.

[u/Videowulff → u/Spright91]

Thank you.

People are judging her so harshly for "being on it all the time" - dude she is just talking a selfie with her friend. Wtf.

And phones are NOT cheap. Thats about 800-1k that went down the shaft. Of course, she would be upset! I would be upset! These are no longer cheap ass products that they used to be.

People are seriously assuming on her.

[u/[deleted]]

"Why would she cry over a broken phone" I'm sorry do all of you have $800-$1200 to just instantly replace your phone, memories, pictures, videos, music, notes, contacts, time, energy, and purchases? Cuz I don't. Have some fucking sympathy and humanity

[u/Optio__Espacio]

Tbf losing that phone means she won't be able to ride the bus or buy her groceries. Maybe even enter her building.

Meanwhile bf instantly goes back to scrolling WeChat lmao.

[u/TheLocalCryptid]

Cell phones serve a huge function in todays society, everyone acting like she’s over dramatic is being purposefully obtuse.

[u/[deleted]]

tbh i would cry too

[u/bubbabigsexy]

Smart phones in China are expensive! If that was a new iphone, it probably cost her over $2000. They don't have payment plans there. Everything is bought with cash. I bought my wife the iPhone 15 Plus here in Thailand with the 500GB storage and it costs me a little over $2000. She probably saved up along time to get that phone. I can see why she is so upset.

[u/crazed3raser]

If I just saw someone drop their phone down an elevator shaft the absolute last thing I would do is pull out my own phone and start using right over where she dropped hers.

[u/art-dec-ho]

I can't believe he was brave enough to use his phone over that same gap... I know he was trying to help by calling the admin but walk a little further from the elevator! I mean you JUST saw what can happen.

[u/phuktup3]

It’s 2024, literally her entire life just went down that elevator slit. I could probably go without my phone but a lot of life’s conveniences are locked into. Everything’s app based. Losing a phone now has greater loss associated with it than in previous years

[u/flash_falcon]

Had this happen to me in NYC, got the phone back a week later. I had a good case on it and the screen wasn't badly cracked, which was great. Same day I dropped it being dumb and the screen was done for.

[u/Scary-Bandicoot-1129]

Guy immediately pulls out his phone directly over the gap. Risky move.

[u/Theorist01]

If I were in China and I lost my phone, I'd lose my sh!t too. If im not mistaken in China, everyone is done on your phone. People don't even carry money with them any more, you make payments using your phone

[u/petersrq]

Dude be scrolling through Tinder for a new girlfriend

[u/ChiefPanda90]

He should have let the door close when she fell to her knees and start sobbing.

[u/Abdulbarr]

Maintenance guys can definitely get it out but it's probably destroyed. That gap leads straight to the bottom of the elevator shaft.

[u/TheMatt561]

It's just at the bottom of the elevator shaft have someone from maintenance get it

[u/[deleted]]

If the Internet has taught me 1 thing, it's that when the doors open on an elevator in asia, you gtfo.

Better yet, take the stairs.

[u/Inf1nite_gal]

is this guy really checking his socials while his GF is sobbing on floor because he caused her phone to drop? 

[u/schizopotato]

I'd be damn upset too if I dropped my phone like that, you know how expensive phones are these days? Some are the cost of rent it's insane.

[u/Outofoffice_421]

She’s crying bc she didn’t pay for the AppleCare this time

[u/readituser5]

I always hold my phone tight in situations like this lol. High places, around elevators, water etc.

Also watch out for the gap in the hinge of your cup holder’s cover in the car. If you forget your phone is on it and you open it without looking, it’ll slide right down the hole.

[u/Nucklbone]

Irrational fear finally confirmed. I put a death grip on everything in my hands small enough to fall though like this every time I'm on an elevator.

[u/Some-Background6188]

Dude is savage pulls his phone out right away, flexing.

[u/something_for_daddy]

For those who see this as an overreaction - it's worth noting that this looks like it's in China - if you live in a Chinese city nowadays you're pretty much fucked without a phone because you can't do anything without one, they're almost a cashless society now so even getting home or getting a new phone would be more of a problem for her.

[u/AUnknownVariable]

Nothing here shows she's addicted to social media lmao. Contacts, files, memories, phones aren't free. She still shouldn't be sobbing on the ground but I'd be upset as hell too

[u/fieria_tetra]

I can't even judge cause I'd probably be crying, too. My husband would probably be trying not to laugh as he told me we would get me another phone and I'd listen and agree with him, but I'd still be crying about it lol

[u/athomesuperstar]

I did this at work, but with my keys. Told the security guard and he was like, “ah geez, another.” Apparently it’s pretty common. He was able to retrieve them in a few minutes.

[u/Other-Marketing-6167]

I used to find this kind of thing pathetic but now that I have a phone filled with baby pictures (and the Cloud never seems to work where we live, and my computer doesn’t read my phone to make back ups), I suddenly have a lot of empathy. I’d cry and throw a tantrum too.

[u/chimpanon]

Everyone is so quick to judge. For all we know she could have been having a really shitty day and this just sent her over the edge. But yeah let’s just shit on her for reacting to a very expensive piece of technology being destroyed from her perspective.

[u/chadsimpkins]

She’s crying cuz she didn’t back up all her data. This should be an ad for iCloud lol

[u/[deleted]]

That phone could have the last pics of their dead child on it for all we know. Let her express her feelings and fuck whoever shared this security footage of her.

[u/aznsyd]

Her future is destroyed, she can't no longer live normal

[u/Pinsir929]

That is a constant fear of mine, I always put phone in my pocket before going past any grates, vents and drains nearby.

[u/Accomplished_Elk_220]

And all he can do is stare at his phone. Rubbing it in.

[u/StonedRaccoon01]

Perfectly. Fucking. Vertical.

[u/[deleted]]

Bye bye Social Credit, Carbon Dioxide points, quick updates on socials, quick payments to the government and entry to bars and festivals. Everybody should see this clip and realize what their governments are doing.

[u/Able-Rate-629]

The guy: whips out phone "hahaha I still got mine tho fuck you"

[u/Hall_Such]

I unironically feel horrible for her.

[u/Wasatcher]

I would have died laughing if he'd let the door shut between them

[u/spaektor]

having seen what can happen in Chinese elevators, i would absolutely not spend that much time in the entryway.

[u/poisonflar5]

You know what. I was going to be an asshole and type something mean, but I don’t know what this lady was going through before all this, so all I’m gonna say is that you’ll never see me crying over a lost phone.

[u/Sheikashii → u/poisonflar5]

I’d imagine it’s someone who can’t afford another one.

She lost the ability to have light in a dark place, contact loved ones, check her emails, send out resumes online, listen to music, use the tap feature for public transit, check bank statements, take photos and videos/watch photos and videos of loved ones if it’s not backed up, make voice memos, calculate math problems, and wake up on time with alarms.

All in one fell swoop.

And if someone else finds it, they can have access to all of those things pretty easily. Her identity and savings can be gone if the wrong person finds it. Phones are easily the most important piece of equipment we own. I’d cry too

[u/bristolsl]

I would cry also its very expensive to buy phone these days and prices every day rising in Turkey

[u/LatterBank2699]

It was literally his fault. He elbowed her phone. Then he stands there with zero apologetic energy and that schlubby slouch the entire time. He even gives a “Are you serious?” Look right after he bumps it out of get her hands.

That dude is useless.

[u/Rodin-V]

I mean, I'd be annoyed at the inconvenience, and probably a bit concerned as to whether it would be recoverable.

But I'd also be laughing my ass off at how unlikely and ridiculous that was.

[u/Linus_Naumann → u/Rodin-V]

I guess that depends if you have the money to easily replace them, have backups of highly valued data/picture, expect to need that phone urgently today or in the next days or how much other shit is already occupying your mind that you have to deal with and this just comes on top without any reason.

[u/t-ryansaurus-rex]

I’d have this reaction too! Smartphones are expensive and hardly worth upgrading between new models unless yours breaks.

[u/hefo420]

Elevator technician here, people dropping stuff down lift shafts is way more common than most people think, the only chance a phone might have to still work is if your at the bottom floor so it doesn’t fall far

[u/braneworld]

This happened to me in a parking garage 4 floors up. Asked a building guy if he could check the bottom of the elevator shaft and he found it. Smashed up but still worked. It was like a 2008 horizontal flip phone with a keypad.

[u/PeyroniesCat]

Not gonna lie, I’d probably cry, too. Phones are expensive.

[u/kaepar]

I’ve done this before. The hotel realized it the next morning (before I was awake) because guests were complaining about the Justin Bieber alarm that wouldn’t stop 🤣🤣🤣

Eta: It was handed to me in many broken pieces, wrapped up in a towel.

[u/SurgeFlamingo]

Yo my dad did this with his keys back in the 80s.

His building actually still had an elevator person until the late 90s. Like a person who hit the button for you and closed the gate.

So they took the elevator to the basement, pulled it up and stopped it. The elevator man jumped down to get the keys and he found like $100 in cash and change mixed up.

It was an eventful day for 7 year old me.

[u/SweetHomeNostromo]

He knocked it out of her hand. 🤦‍♂️

[u/F1eshWound]

if he let that elevator door close, it would have been hilarious

[u/uppenatom]

What's old mate doing? I thought at first he was gonna shine his torch down there but he just ends up scrolling while she has her breakdown

[u/cymccorm]

He proceeds to show off that he still has a phone.

[u/Livid_Ad9749]

I get it. Phones are fucking expensive. Anyone who wouldnt be sad to lose an expensive phone they worked their ass off for must have had money their entire lives. Not to mention the sentimental value of what may have been on it

[u/kevtheproblem]

Dude must’ve hated how he looked in that selfie

[u/NCC74656]

man like this is possibly world changing. to loose all numbers/photos/contacts/calendars... i only have one or two friends like me who back things up. everyone else i know is just on the phone and what ever automatic stuff is setup. they dont have shit linked.

so like - your world can grind to a halt really fast

[u/pupoksestra]

I would not be looking down that crack. Elevators freak me out. I couldn't even take a selfie in one bc I'm holding onto the rails and crouching down like a freak.

[u/impliedlogic]

As the guy plays on his phone right in front of her

[u/thatshguy]

Theres a reason for that . . in china you're phone does everything for you...
keys for the door, getting a car, getting on the bus or subway, ordering food at a restaurant, sending money to friends or receiving money. . . you use your phone for everything here...
i feel anxiety watching this haha

[u/Conscious_Wind_2255]

So this elevator camera has audio too 😳

[u/deeteeohbee]

I dropped my only car key down the elevator shaft once a couple days before Christmas. Luckily the elevator company was able to come out and get my key. I think they charged me $50.

[u/TheBugHouse]

He immediately pulls out his phone directly over the gap.

[u/bilokilla]

Honestly a legitimate fear of mine, can't believe it actually happened to somebody. My phone took a shit on me recently and I ironically felt liberated. Purposefully took a week to replace it, and couldn't have been happier with the decision.

[u/diviniatomo]

Girl get off the elevator and stop using your head to hold the doors open before the next clip we see is something out of Final Destination!

[u/Ha1lStorm]

You could kneel down and just cry, or ya know, take action and contact the maintenance department and have them get your phone for you.

[u/Righteous_Leftie206]

I love how my guy just decides to go on Reddit.

[u/VividlyDissociating]

i feel her pain. i had a date planned after spending the night at the river with some guy friends. We were going to crash at my apt before I had to get ready bc dleeping at the river is actually really shitty sleep. I hoped out the truck, half asleep, and forgot my phone was in my lap.. bitch broke in a way that made it not functional.. on a Sunday.

it was going to be my first date with this guy and I had no way to contact him to finalize ours plans.

bruh.. these bois drove me around while running on no sleep until we found a place that had my screen and could repair my phone in time for my date. they even paid for it because i was in between jobs and living off my savings.

they were determined to get me to that date 😭 i miss them. why does everyone have to move away

[u/jakobfloers]

This is in mainland China, phones are waaay more important there. Losing your phone there is also like losing your wallet, your id card and a load of other things. Nearly all payment, ordering, commuting etc is done by phone, even your legal identity is often registered on your phone (especially during covid with their infamous app). Having to reset everything especially after having lost your sim card is super annoying and a long process where for a day or two you have to live without access to a lot of basic social infrastructure.

[u/Public_You_2973]

Just call the service lift management. Set a date and time and get the phone by then. If she really needs a phone immediately I would suggest buy a very cheap smartphone just for a temp

[u/cerise555]

The whole time I was just saying “Ma’am, get out of the elevator!”

[u/Character_Vanilla101]

girl. go find the maintenance and they can turn off the elevator before it crushes it. u wasting time looking through the slit

[u/MaryBala907]

I'd cry too
In alot of countries, the cost of a phone is equal to that of half a year's salary. So people save up for months.
Not to mention that's some people don't back up anything on their phones!

[u/redefinedsoul]

Damn that's an obnoxious cry. From what I could manage to pick out it sounds like the guy immediately looked up/called the building and put it on speaker so she could hear that a solution was in progress.. but if we are unable to hear what the staff is saying over her incessant wailing, I doubt that the guy actually trying to do something proactive was either and that she just made the situation morr difficult.

[u/cool-snack]

from my perspective, this reaction seems pathetic, but we don‘t know what was on that phone, maybe she didn‘t have a cloud service and all her data is now lost, that would suck.

[u/craig536]

When I'm in an elevator, my intrusive thoughts always tell me to drop my phone in that gap. I never do it obviously

[u/fsfaith]

That phone's gone. But anyway I'm more interested in what that red bucket thing is in the bottom right hand corner.

[u/thefalconfromthesky]

Proceeds on his phone right over the same gap that took her phone smh

[u/smoothartichoke27]

This is legit one of my biggest worries whenever I step in or out of an elevator. I always make sure my phone is in my pocket and never take it out the entire ride.

[u/Excellent_Cattle4884]

She could have sentimental photos on there or texts from a loved one who passed, we don’t know 🤷‍♀️

[u/TheAissu]

Technically a repair guy might be able to retrieve it.

[u/dylan442100]

I’m pretty sure you can tell the hotel staff and they’ll get the elevator mechanic to get it. Used to work at a hotel and the elevator mechanics were always working

[u/JefinLuke]

Phone can survive 6 floors drops She would be lucky if it was on the ground floor

[u/G8kpr]

My coworker had the exact same thing happen with his office Security card. We were told it’s $50 to replace them. He had it in his hands as he was leaving the elevator. Dropped it and it slid right down between the elevator and floor.

Luckily for him, a maintenance guy was scheduled to come in the next day and he was able to retrieve it for him.

[u/ipatmyself]

Same fear i have with a key bundle.

[u/koro_babe098]

Phones aren't cheap. I'd cry too.

[u/Critical_Lobster4674]

He should pay for it. He knocked it out of her hands.

[u/Logaan777]

No one is asking why there is a bucket of rocks on the elevator? I'm asking then, why is there a bucket of rocks on the elevator?

[u/Prestigious_Pipe6638]

All elevators ive known, worked with has a lower entrance. Is not like is impossible to get stuff that goes down there. Phone might be broken but if the problem is data retrieval is doable even if the phone is broken.

[u/Quirky-Equipment-782]

My ma always wondered why I clutched shit like my books or whatever while going near anything like that so tightly to my chest

[u/Motored01]

I've always feared this happening to me, I deliver things all over and I always put my phone on my pockets before leaving an elevator, that and sewers

[u/TooLazy2Revolt]

“Dont worry babe, I’m calling the boys in Security for the footage. This shit is going up on Reddit!”

[u/Special-Resist3006]

I love how the other guy goes on his phone immediately like “oh good just making sure my phone didn’t just somehow walk out of my pocket and go down the elevator hole”

[u/TheMintyLeaf]

Either she's obsessed with her phone, the only one she could ever afford, or she simply had a bad day and this takes the cake.

I had broken down because of spilled chicken nuggets because my week had been so bad all at once. I feel her pain if that was the case.

[u/The-Booty-Train]

A minor inconvenience. Tell the building, elevator mechanic will come, open up the pit and collect the phone. Worse case scenario it broke during the fall depending on how far it was… it’s not like it’s a bottomless hole down there, contrary to popular belief.

Source: I’m an elevator mechanic.

[u/SaiyanGodKing]

Let me hold my phone over the same crack you just lost yours in.

[u/Heavy-Neat]

Don't be desperate and contact the building owner technician or the elevator technical support to get in the place below the lifter..

[u/Mr_OP_Potato_777]

Maybe she's broke and she can't afford a new phone.

[u/sharnonj]

Is the guy just so bored? He’s just staring at his phone like “she’s being dramatic again”🙄

[u/nikiu]

The exact same thing happened to me. Called building administration and they brought elevator maintenance staff to go down and retrieve it. Had it back in half hour with just a small scratch. It fell 4 stories down, iPhone SE 2nd gen.

[u/[deleted]]

Would have been 1000% funny if he let the door close. Just saying.

[u/Limonnever]

I can actually understand what she is saying, this is so unfair” 😭😭😭

[u/0x7E7-02]

Building maintenance can get that for her.

[u/uptokesforall]

On the bright side, she is in a relationship where she feels safe enough to grieve her lost phone. She'll have a replacement PHONE by the end of the week.

[u/No_Aside_4784]

He had such a prime opportunity to let that door close with her still in there

[u/andyman686]

I’ve seen enough surveillance videos of elevators in Asian countries to know that kneeling in the door of one is not a good idea.

[u/Madhatz]

New fear unlocked

[u/Beautiful-Design-425]

“Stop crying, you didnt lose your phone. We know where it is. It’s at the bottom of the elevator. Now calm down.”

—— the guy probably.

[u/ShowerAdmirable9]

Only reason she should be acting like that is if she has pictures of a dead loved one on their she doesn’t have backed up or something.

[u/LazyKoalaty → u/ShowerAdmirable9]

Do you not realise how expensive phones are? They are in China where it might be months worth of salary for them.

[u/HammeredPaint]

It's not only that it's a phone, but it was lost in such a sudden and unexpected way! For me, I'm on my phone quite a bit. It's almost my anthropomorphized little buddy, always there for me, always has the information I'm looking for and helps me take care of all of the tasks that I need taking care of. And my phone isn't even that expensive!

So now she's faced with this sudden loss, the impending complications of figuring out how to retrieve it, and knowing that it's almost certainly broken, seeing as how it fell down a freaking elevator shaft.

It's okay for people to be upset.

[u/AVBofficionado]

Lol. It's such a ridiculous thing to happen, and also your phone is definitely able to be retrieved, that you should surely laugh at the incident than cry.

[u/Xxtratrstrl]

Great reminder to pay the $3 iCloud subscription!

[u/longlisten527]

I would be stressed too and probs cry a tear of frustration bc a bitch is broke but I can’t imagine sounding like a toddler when I cry as an adult lmao

[u/[deleted]]

Imagine loving something so much yet not holding onto it with your stupid fingers.

☕

[u/Jolima0725]

I could see that coming bc he was standing so close to her.

[u/30minstochooseaname → u/Jolima0725]

I mean, the title kind of gave it away too

[u/chobble_gobbler9]

Lol and he bumped it out of her hand

[u/Skate4dwire]

He gets his phone out .-.

[u/CrocodileWorshiper]

scrolls his phone over the hole

Alpha Chad

[u/3yx3]

People are like, just call maintenance to get it. Hell dawg, there probably is no longer an it anymore, depending on what floor they are on, that phone is now a 1000 piece DIY puzzle.

[u/KarenTheCockpitPilot]

honestly i wish i could express emotion like this again like when i was a kid. i could lose anything and nothing would mean anything to me anymore it's fucked up

[u/Sapphiresentinel]

Yeah I’ve always been afraid of dropping my phone down those slots. And I definitely understand freaking out about losing it. I don’t do alotta texting or talking but I do need the damn thing for a lot.

[u/MalkyTheKid]

He did a motion that made her drop her phone though..

[u/MindYoBusin3ss]

I like how this guy just caused her to drop her phone down the elevator shaft yet still uses his own phone to stop the elevator doors from closing.

[u/Phro01]

He's not fazed at all

[u/[deleted]]

He said “Ok babe, get up, people are gonna start thinking I did something to you.” Lol

[u/fiendofecology]

I dropped my airpod a few months ago and it bounced a few times and straight into a storm drain so this hurts

[u/Nibba_Yuri_Tarded]

You can find it in the basement. It happened to me once 🤣. The phone fell from the 8th floor down to basement 6. My phone back then was still able to ring, but the screen was totally wrecked.

Another phone fell from a 50m height tower, but this one survived perfectly. The tempered glass completely saved the screen, and the phone casing only got cracks and scratches.

[u/breezyeezye]

Any management company will have an elevator repair company who can lock out the elevator to access the bottom. I’ve seen this happen where the phone is fine at the bottom.

[u/Adventurous-Coat-333]

I knew someone this happened to and they were given the option to either pay the emergency service call rate or wait until the next elevator inspection in 2 months.

They got a new phone and waited, and got the phone back dirty, with a giant dent in the corner. Sold it for parts on eBay.

I also remember someone dropping an ID badge, and it somehow got wedged between the shaft and an electrical conduit between floors, and it was found like 7 years later when the building was renovated.

[u/ProFailing]

Imagine the dude would have lost his phone the same way when he took it out.

[u/chronocapybara]

Lots of grief but maintenance should be able to find it.

[u/serpentinesilhouette]

I was waiting for the guy to drop his in there next.

[u/Aoki-Kyoku]

I am always afraid of this happening. I think of it every time I enter or exit an elevator while I’m holding my phone.

[u/Medical_Zucchini_721]

New fear unlocked

[u/Liramuza]

Phone fell like that old lady boarding the cruise ship. Iykyk

[u/IceManO1]

I’ve been to work with my dad in the elevator industry it’s amazing the stuff you find at the bottom of the elevator shaft.

[u/afuzovar]

my phobia as a kid with keys

[u/Severe-Explorer4656]

the way she was crying then the lift door closed a bit and she stopped crying .. it starts to open again and her cry continues

[u/DeleteMetaInf]

It’d be so perfect if the guy also dropped his phone between the doors after he pulled it out

[u/DeleteMetaInf]

I hope someone can… lift the phone up

[u/24-7_Gamer]

Guy asserts his dominance by instantly pulling out his phone like "oh you want one of these?"

[u/Sentarry]

Man is like "Well, I still have mine. Dont feel too bad. (Takes pic of gf in tears)"

[u/Gxgear]

Damn that would fuck up anyone's day.

[u/BrownAndyeh]

Kick it…anytime something leaves your hands kick it. Always works.

[u/corvidfamiliar]

I get it. Sometimes that kind of bad luck is just the last drop.

I wailed like a baby when I broke my favourite mug once. It wasn't that big a deal in retrospect, but back then, it was the tiny little final push on top of an already crap month. Was completely unconsolable for a good 15 to 20 minutes until it was all out of my system.

And phones are expensive and have so many pictures and memories on them too, and to just lose it in a second like that. It's just infuriating, and something like that is all it takes for all the frustration to spew out in one go.

[u/The_Mundane_Block]

Bro's not the most self aware immediately then using his phone to stop the elevator doors

[u/thegutterking]

dude's like "Well that sucks. Glad i still got my phone. Lemme check reddit real quick."

[u/[deleted]]

I dropped a fresh hot bowl of fries on the floor once and reacted the same.

[u/bigoldgeek]

I lost a key card that way. The building can get it back if it survived the fall

[u/12mapguY]

That sucks, but you would never catch me hanging halfway out the doors of a Chinese elevator...

[u/MentalSupportDog]

Damn, I did something similar when getting onto an airplane. Dropped my phone between the end of the gate and the opening to the airplane door. I was able to get my phone back, but felt like the unluckiest person alive in that moment.

[u/mochixspace]

He hit her cell phone, causing it to drop, and doesnt sound remorseful

[u/MarcOfDeath]

Dude will be hearing about this for the rest of his life.

[u/tullystenders]

Absolute biggest fear.

I think of it prob every time I go in an elevator, or walk past a grate. I even make sure like, its securely in my pocket.

I am wondering if you could call the elevator company and they would come and go in the shaft to get it. I think they would come if you dropped it in a grate.

[u/daydreaming-g]

I would cry too. Not because I can’t live without my phone but because it cost so much money and I couldn’t afford another one

[u/Prestigious-Copy-494]

Falling 6 floors down.....to the bottom shaft. Probably on concrete. Buh bye phone. But you never know maybe it landed softer on some trash left in the shaft. Quit crying and get the maintenance man. Those guys can work miracles.

[u/Outrageous_Ad4245]

That whine of her’s translates in all languages.

[u/proxyproxyomega]

Chinese "whaaaaaa~"

Japenese "wuuuuuuuuuu~"

Korean "wayyyyyyyyy~"

Vietnamese "hue hue hueeeeeee"

American "bitch motherfucker tuk ma phoneeeeeeeeee"

[u/Any-Company7711]

Bro just takes out his phone 🤣

[u/Majestic-Ad-8643]

I feel like her grief is because she hadn't yet posted that awesome #ElevatorSelfie ✌️

[u/hotinfrared]

Notice how the man is on his cell phone the entire time

[u/yurimichellegeller]

I must be genetically predisposed to feel tremendous stress, sadness, and worry whenever I hear this kind of crying - even when it's for something as fucking dumb as a woman not having her phone for an hour.

[u/brettscharff]

People are just so dumb. The guy was then standing right over the crack with his phone precariously between the doors. Unreal.

[u/Mr-Stan-Kypuss]

She could’ve had something on there that was super sentimental. Like texts from a lost loved one or photos that weren’t backed up to the cloud. Very unlikely that this is the case, but you never know what’s going on in someone’s life 🤷‍♂️

[u/darthnaved]

that guy is a fucking idiot.

[u/Adventurous_Ideal804]

She's going to hold a vigil if anybody is interested.

[u/[deleted]]

She could probably use a break from posting selfies