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Phentex

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3. And why is the DING so loud?

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2015, 09:53 AM

Jan 2015

How many blind people are getting in and out of that hotel elevator that the ding has to be loud enough to wake the dead? Most people are already standing there waiting for the elevator and can see the light go off when it arrives. And I would think a blind person's sense of hearing would be sharp enough to hear a ding at a regular decibel.

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WHY DO PEOPLE PRESS BOTH "UP" AND "DOWN" TO CALL AN ELEVATOR [View all] Recursion Jan 2015 OP

Now here's a tech question I can at least *understand*. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2015 #1

because they don't understand how the buttons work eShirl Jan 2015 #2

And why is the DING so loud? Phentex Jan 2015 #3

y? mopinko Jan 2015 #4

I like pushing buttons Major Nikon Jan 2015 #5

Let's say I want to go up, and the hotel is really crowded. dawg Jan 2015 #6

I've gotten on, going the wrong way, for that reason. In_The_Wind Jan 2015 #7

At the last seminar I attended it was the only way to get into the elevator csziggy Jan 2015 #8

For the same reason they try to stampede into hifiguy Jan 2015 #9

Hedging their bets. :-) WinkyDink Jan 2015 #10

Just to Piss Me Off! sharp_stick Jan 2015 #11