I don't have a phobia about elevators but I do feel satisfaction knowing that I'm not risking getting stuck in an elevator. I've never heard of anyone getting stuck in a stairwell! I've gone up a few flights of stairs and had to go back down because the doors were locked on the level I needed off, but I thought it was a building code that there had to be an exit somewhere.

The elevator to the animal facility is so slow that, not even counting the time spent waiting for the elevator, if someone gets on the elevator the same time as I do, and I don't take too long of a break at 4 1/2, I still get to the 7th floor before the elevator arrives. And I'm not exactly running or even breaking a sweat. I was really shocked the first time that happened. I hadn't thought an elevator could be that slow.