Basil Jet wrote:
On 2013\08\27 07:06, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 00:58:16 on
Tue, 27 Aug 2013, Basil Jet remarked:
Lots of CEOs have private lifts from their underground car parks so they
can avoid meeting not just the public, but even their own minions on the
way up to the executive suite.

Really? That seems rather expensive, compared to just programming the
lifts to stop nowhere else when going to or from the top floor, and
possibly having a back door that is only used in the basement.

There's also the time element. How long would the CEO have to wait on
the top floor for a lift to arrive? And how could you ensure it was empty.

These can be achieved by having a separate lift above the main one in the
same shaft, and having a few steps up to the directors entrance in the
basement, and having a car sensor in the directors parking spot. Still
waaaaaay cheaper than the director having his own lift shaft sitting
empty all day through the entire building.

Presumably the private lift would be for the use of all the inhabitants of
the executive suite, and perhaps some of their visitors, and not just the
CEO.