It's an old building...
...Yes--ssssss, I work on the top floor alright...and the view is great, when I bother to look at it, at all...:) There is a medium sized potted rubber plant in one of the elevators...
I timed it...
It takes exactly 3 minutes, 31 seconds from lobby to the top, or vice versa...assuming no stops on the way...
They need a faster one...
I just knew I could do it...and I couldn't pull back from the risk...
I took an early lunch...I wanted it to be ready to come out at the right time...
I went shopping that day...I bought vegetables, and picked-up a small free sampler-tube of hand-cream from the cosmetic's counter...and I ate twice the usual amount of Chinese food...its better when its big...it comes out faster...:)
I checked out the elevator for over three months...every day...at all different times...
At 6pm there is a 90% chance that the elevator will stop on the way down from the 92nd floor to the Lobby...
But, at 8pm, I found, that there is only a 20% chance that it will stop...except on Mondays...
On Mondays, there is only an 15% chance of it stopping to pick up passengers...I attribute this to Monday night football...or just that people want to flee the scourge of the Monday work-curse...
I wanted it to be fair...
If I got caught, then it would be the end of my career...
But it had to be fair...
A six figure career...against odds of 15 to 85...
A 15% chance of getting caught...against an 85% chance of getting away with it...
The risk...became...acceptable...under the pressure of free expression that I felt I needed to explore...I was, simply...fed up...of towing-the-line...ALL--the--TIME...!
Around 5:30pm...I let it be known that I would be working late this evening...but that all the staff should go home and enjoy a good evening at home tonight... They had done well today...:) The double portion of Chinese food from lunch was getting fully digested...and I could feel the pressure building at the back of me--eeee...:) I brewed a fresh pot of coffee...just to be sure of delivery...:)
The last staffer left at 7:15pm...that's when I started drinking the coffee cup after cup...after cup...
I was ready for the challenge now...
I had my hand-cream...
My vegetables...a medium sized zucchini. Washed and wiped...
My favorite hair-brush with the bobble finger-grip handle...
A gut full of digested Chinese food...
And lashings of coffee...
No tights...
Easy-fit French lingerie panties...
Front fastening lift-separate bra...
And...slip-on peep-toed clogs...and the statistical odds were in my favor...:)
It was now or never...
As the clock came up to 8pm...I opened my desk draw...and took out my black velvet eye covers...I use them to block out the intense sun at the 92nd level...when I need to catch a cat nap in between...difficult...negations...
I was ready...I grabbed my handbag, and my shopping, and moved to the elevator...
I pressed the call button...and waited...shaking with anticipation...I would have to be fast...nay...I would have to be...perfect; and much more than that...I would have to be...Lucky...:)
Right on cue, the elevator arrived...it was the...exact...stroke of 8...
As the doors opened...I prayed someone was in there...so that I could...at least...put this...off...for now...but, it was empty...and the odds were with me...
I stepped into the elevator's inner-chamber.
I placed one of my clogs between the incessantly shutting doors so that they couldn't close... It was time! I took a deep breath and stepped up to the plate. This was it! ...here we go; Let Luck shine kindly upon my soul... Okay, let's get this DONE--NOWWWWWW!
I yanked the rubber plant out of its pot, and placed it to one side:
I took off my jacket, and rolled my top over my head; and laid them neatly on the floor behind me...
I unlatched, and unzipped my mini skirt, and laid it below my other clothes: I unhooked my bra, and slipped out of my panties: I laid them off to the side; in a tidy fashion.
I opened my handbag; took out several paper towels, and arranged them in a large square to the side...