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May 07, 2009
Holy crap!
Old Elevator 1, originally uploaded by akagoldfish.
There was an interesting article in today's Tribune. Apparently there are only ten inspectors for the city's 20,000 or so elevators, and 70% of those elevators have not been inspected within the past year, as required by law. I can only assume this is because there's no patronage jobs City Hall can hand out for elevator inspections, like with the building inspectors.
Luckily, there's a lot of incentive for building owners to regulate the elevators themselves. An elevator-related lawsuit will be sure to hit them right in the wallet!
Anyhow, this is just another in a long line of stories about how little gets done in Chicago. Pot holes, anyone? But the real reason I wanted to write about this was because of this quote:
Upon hearing how many elevators weren't inspected in the past year, Craig Zomchek, business manager at Colley Elevator, said: "Holy crap!"
Whoah, that's some strong language! I wonder if that's what he really said, or it's an edited response. If that's what he really said, Colley Elevator is my new favorite elevator company. I didn't have one before, but you get the picture.
Crap is a great word, and sorely underused. It's not as versatile as its vulgar cousin, but in the right place, it can be quite hilarious. Kids from the '80's will undoubtedly remember the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. One of my favorite scenes is when Casey Jones is eating ice cream, and he drops it. What would you expect a rough and tumble, hockey-stick wielding, crime-fighting ruffian to say? In this PG movie, Casey Jones says "Oh crapola!"
Priceless.
entry no. 1368
Posted at May 7, 2009 01:17 PM