• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
People can’t understand elevator which doesn’t stop

Home> Community

Published 14:27 17 Dec 2022 GMT

People can’t understand elevator which doesn’t stop

People on TikTok can't wrap their heads around this elevator that never stops.

Callum Jones

Callum Jones

People are being left confused after watching a video of an elevator that doesn't stop.

A clip of the unusual lift has gone viral on TikTok, with over 720k views and 58k likes on the Liftmarket.co channel.

The elevator in question is known as a paternoster lift, which is a passenger elevator with open compartments.

Advert

They move slowly in a loop up and down a building – and crucially, unlike standard lifts, they never stop.

This has left people puzzled, as can be seen with the clip on the Liftmarket.co TikTok account.

Watch it below:

The 55-second clip is simply captioned with 'would you ride a paternoster elevator?', as it shows a man struggling to get on.

The puzzled bloke eventually puts one step on, and you see his shocked face as the elevator starts to move up.

Advert

In the meantime, a cleaner is coming down on the other side of the building, and she is obviously familiar with the lift as she steps off with ease.

Another visitor in the unknown building gingerly steps on, though she certainly looks less puzzled than the first man.

It seems people in the comments section of the TikTok are equally confused by the lift, with many questioning what it is.

The man was as confused as the TikTok commenters by the lift.
liftmarket.co/ TikTok

One person asked: "Please explain this to me. Does it end somewhere? How far does it go? What if you don't get off? Is it like Willy Wonka's elevator?"

Advert

A second added: "Kind of shocked they’re even legal specially with today's health and safety standards."

And a third joked: "Who else was totally waiting for him to come down the other side hanging upside down?"

"Should be speeded up slightly, make it more challenging," another joked.

The construction of new paternosters stopped in the mid-1970s over fears for public safety, though they continued to remain in operation in many countries.

Paternosters are mostly found in Europe, with 230 found in Germany, for example.

Advert

Paternoster lifts are less common now due to safety concerns.
CTK / Alamy Stock Photo

There are only three outside of Europe, though, with one in Malaysia, one in Peru and another found in Sri Lanka.

There are two paternosters in the UK, one being in a London hospital and the other at the University of Sheffield, the latter having just undergone maintenance.

Over the years, there have been many accidents involving these lifts, with some being fatal.

In the UK, a passenger was killed in 1975 in Newcastle University's Claremont Tower paternoster, with a second non-fatal accident happening in the same lift 13 years later.

Featured Image Credit: liftmarket.co/TikTok

Topics: TikTok

Callum Jones
Callum Jones

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

8 hours ago
2 days ago
3 days ago
4 days ago
  • 8 hours ago

    Japanese Baba Vanga's chilling prediction that sparked tourist cancellations could have just come true two days early

    The artist had a disastrous vision

    Community
  • 2 days ago

    Mother who lives with her new husband and ex to save money reveals how she makes bizarre situation work

    Her ex-husband is still around as it's an expensive world

    Community
  • 3 days ago

    Why seeing a pink flamingo on cruise could mean someone is a swinger

    The more you know

    Community
  • 4 days ago

    Relationship expert reveals what you should never say to a potential partner if you want them to like you

    Apparently it makes you come across as rude

    Community
  • Doctor explains phenomenon people experience moments before they die that ‘people can’t understand’
  • Jennifer Lawrence slept with director of film which she admits she 'doesn't understand'
  • Diagnosed psychopath explains the basic emotions that she 'doesn't feel at all' and can't understand
  • People can’t believe Sarah Lancashire’s ‘real voice’ after hearing her in Netflix’s Black Doves