A memsahib’s adventures with an elevator, or two

I live in a gated community, which means I am a proud menace to society. To take our entitlement to max, we have a segregated elevator system. Staff get one elevator to ride in and residents get two. Residents may use the staff elevator whenever the mood strikes us but staff may never use ours.

All was going well until we began an upgrade on the elevator system. To this end we have to shut down one elevator as it gets replaced so residents now have just one. Staff still have their elevator BUT they have to share it with construction men and materials.

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