The Elevator Guy
Who are you when you step into an elevator - are you awkward, are you chatty, are you a frantic button pusher? Well we got to thinking about elevators, or "lifts" as we call them, and it turns out we're not the only ones - Nanci Griffith's song Love At The Five And Dime was inspired by the sound of an elevator in a old Woolworth's store. "Progress" may have erased the elevator operator from our daily lives, but at one time he was someone you might meet in your neighbourhood. In 1960, Shirley MacLaine embodied the polite yet firm ...
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