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This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds

Posted By: Oleeightball

This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/01/13 02:34 PM

What's the weirdest thing found in elevator pits,
My father ran route in Daytona, he found a complete
Three cushion sofa in elevator pit during spring break.
Me- I found some pure silver collector coins in pit, nobody called
in missing them.
Peace
Posted By: Vic

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/01/13 05:15 PM

Oh! GREAT!

You found my coins!

smile
Posted By: danzeitz

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/01/13 08:08 PM

Dentures-was the weirdest --- Stocked a friends flooded pit with 2 big carp one time. Laughed till we cried... Hes Still trying to figure where the hell they came from.
Posted By: GreenPants

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/02/13 12:47 AM

7-stop college dorm, found a lounge chair, pipe, dime bag of weed and some stroke magazines on the car top. The campus police found the owner pretty easily, his address with dorm # was on the magazines.
Posted By: halfpick

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/02/13 01:20 AM

A while ago I was cleaning a pit in a hospital. I found a rather large double headed dildo! It actually caught me of guard for a moment.....thought it was a hugh rat. My father once found a motorcycle in an elevator pit....They said the elevator would not level in the basement!!!!Go Figure!
Posted By: aquadag

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/02/13 02:53 AM

had a bunch of spring breakers in the 90's tear out a COP in Daytona and take it to their room. Yes I said COP. By the time we got there it was magically in the pit. Kind of a found in the pit story.
Posted By: Oleeightball

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/02/13 03:47 AM

I'm giggling at these, just saying...
Posted By: E311

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/02/13 09:06 PM

hhmmm lets see...used condomns, ladies sanitary items, huge rat (caused an entrapment) couple of snakes, needles, not much money, porno mags, tools (new in boxes-never opened)so glad I dont have to clean them anymore!
Posted By: charlie

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/02/13 10:30 PM

Cant forget the empty dope baggies... Meth is bad mmkay.
Posted By: sbrmilitia

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/03/13 06:23 AM

A human head that was once encased in formaldehyde
Posted By: Broke_Sheave

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/03/13 01:08 PM

I was a young mechanic on my 1st route, which of course was pure junk. The city route. All kinds of garbage elevators, from city hall, to the police station. You guys know the routine...

I was given a helper...(Yes we had Maintenance helpers back then), And I decided I would put him to good use. So off a pit cleaning we did go.

Went over to one building with an old dilapidated hydro, opened the doors and sent the helper in the pit with a broom and a trash bag. Forgot to mention...This building was where the police department processed evidence....

So...I'm standing around checking out the police and the police dogs, and I hear my hippie helper exclaim.....DAMN...

I look in the pit and I see him holding about a 2 foot bud of marijuana. Then I looked in the pit and it was full of them. As well as several small baggies filled with white powder.

My helper looked at me and pleadingly begged..."Can we Keep It?...PLEASE?"...I looked around at the lobby full of cops, dogs, etc.. and told him "I don't think so buddy"..

I've never seen a human being so dejected as I called over a cop and showed him our find. He thanked us and called in some more officers to finish the clean up.
Posted By: danzeitz

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/03/13 08:22 PM

sbrmilitia----well that's one way to get ahead in this business.
Posted By: sbrmilitia

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/04/13 02:58 AM

Originally Posted By: danzeitz
sbrmilitia----well that's one way to get ahead in this business.


This was in a morgue which was located in the basement after hurricane Ike that devastated Galveston Istand. There was a 150 cadavers located in a large walk in freezer located next to the elevator. We had to get on top of the car and hoist it up so the pit could be pumped out. Along with the head there was a bunch of human sludge. It was absolutely the nastiest thing I have ever had to do. Also being the low man on the totem pole I had to change all the buffer oil in all the traction units. The buffers had no oil in them just nasty sagnant water that stunk to high heaven. I took a bath in the first buffer I change and broke out in hives the next morning. First time I ever got a paid day off.
Posted By: elmcannic

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/04/13 04:32 AM

Not really classified as weird, but really kinda sad. So I'm doing a service call at one of my "seen better days" hotels and in the pit of the middle car are a bunch of "well wishes for the new bride and groom" cards littered about. Maybe 30 cards torn open. "Well crap" I mutter to myself. Dismayed, I scooped them up, realizing there were checks in some, loose checks amidst the torn envelopes and delivered them to the front desk. I'll never forget the look on the mgr's face. Whudda ya think? Hotel worker? Or some skumball who happened to pose as a guest? Or dare I say, a guest?
I never had a human head in a pit, but I did get a call for a cat in the pit that was meowing all night long. Ho hum...
Posted By: sbrmilitia

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/05/13 07:17 PM

I was changing some car call bulbs and I laid my iPhone inside the cop. I buttoned it up with my phone in it. My ring tone is a duck quacking. I called my phone a couple times trying to find it. Shortly after I received a call over the radio that the elevator was quacking.
Posted By: danzeitz

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/06/13 08:21 PM

I had a call that the elevator was chirping. When I got in the overhead I found 2 nests of baby birds built into the missing brick that formed a lattice work that was screened on the inside that made up the hoist way ventilation. I went to the building office with a big can of WD40 and my lighter I told the women about the baby birds and my plan to torch them up!!!!! You should of heard them begging me not to hurt those little babies. I cant help myself sometimes.
Posted By: Vic

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/06/13 08:39 PM

Hey, that MEOWING call reminded of a similar one-

I got a call once while working for Otis in a downtown Los Angeles high rise, and was told that there was a "Meowing" coming from the hoistway, like a kitten.

So I was riding the car, listening for noises, but not pushing any floor buttons. (This of course makes the other passengers wonder what you are doing) It was busy enough as it was, what with all the bankers, lawyers, and secretaries bustling about.

So this lady gets in the car, (one who I already knew, had a great sense of humor, and was a fun-type), she asks me what I was doing, so I told her someone heard a kitten meowing, and so I was just looking for a "little pussy"!

You gotta be careful who you joke with, but in this specific case, it was well received and good for a laugh for both of us...
Posted By: Oleeightball

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/08/13 06:30 PM

She didn't say, ( me too mines as big as an ice cream bucket.)did she.... Couldn't help it
Posted By: Oleeightball

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/08/13 06:31 PM

Sorry if I offended anyone
Posted By: Vic

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/08/13 10:39 PM

Bwah-haa-Hah!

smile
Posted By: danzeitz

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/09/13 12:10 AM

Hehehe----I was replacing a car station one time but was told keep the car running as it was the only one in a busy building. I killed everything coming down from the car top box so I wouldn't get lit up and put my helper on the car top with a jumper to set calls. As people started showing up around 9AM when they got on the car I would ask them what floor and then repeat whatever they said loud enough for my helper to hear. After some questions if I was adding voice activation. (the new COP had speaker holes)I said sure I was and after that as people got on the car I would say elevator 4th floor or whatever. By noon we were done and about everyone in the building had seen the new voice activation in action. By 2pm I was getting a call from the route guy who couldn't find any problems with the car.....would of loved to have watched people yelling floor numbers into that speaker hole....
Posted By: jkh

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/09/13 12:51 AM

Wow! I haven't laughed this hard in some time...
Posted By: aquadag

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/09/13 01:07 AM

my helper an I found a g pack behind a header in the projects. I made him put it back. Good thing, because as we exited the elevator the gang banger that put it there was right outside the elevator waiting to see what we did with it. it did get me a pass in the building after that. I could leave my tools anywhere. :}
Posted By: sbrmilitia

Re: This is off subject but humor me, weird pit finds - 05/09/13 06:37 AM

Originally Posted By: aquadag
my helper an I found a g pack :}



enlighten me what is a g pack?
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