An Elevator, a High Powered Magnet, and College Laughs
When I was in college I lived on the 23 rd floor of a high tower on the OSU campus. I’d give the name here but perhaps it isn’t wise when I tell the story I’m about to in this blog. Living on the 23 rd floor meant that I spent a lot of time with my floor mates on the elevator. There were two floors one needed to have a special key in order to travel to. I’m not overly sure how it was discovered but one friend found while carrying a strong magnet we could override the system. If he swiped the magnet over the control panel it would light up the forbidden floors. We could travel to the prohibited two floors. We were college students, and so we did. Our moments of mischief in this case didn’t amount to much. The one floor took us to the back of the kitchen and that elevator entrance was never used so we arrived staring at stacks of boxes and storage. The othe...