(Gabe Meline/KQED)
When you re stuck in the tiny, old-fashioned elevator of the Lan Mart building, no one can hear you scream.
Upstairs at the Lan Mart.
(Gabe Meline/KQED)
Anne Bishop the owner of Pilates With Anne on the second floor discovered this a few years ago, on her way to teach a class. Because her pilates studio wraps around the elevator shaft, and she knew she had a room full of students waiting for her, Bishop, on realizing the elevator was jammed, called out for assistance. Despite being separated by only a single door, not one person on the other side heard her. I couldn t believe they couldn t hear me yelling! she recalls now.