Tell me, have you ever been trapped in a lift (elevator for you americans)?
I have, just today. It happened around mid-morning. I had gone to my brother's apartment for a family get-together. Got in the lift, hit the button, it moved a bit then jammed. Tried mashing the buttons, didnt work, then tried the alarm/emergency phone. Guess what happened. The people at the emergency line sorted out the problem? WRONG! The emergency office was closed for christmas. Thankfully after a half hour (with my dad constantly nagging at me because he's a bald jerk) we forced open the doors and got out. If we couldn't get out then we would have had to call the fire brigade to get us out.
It wasn't a scary experience but it sure was stressful. Dad consantly nagging, sister not taking the situation at all seriously (this was an emergency, not a time for jokes) mom on the phone calling my brother trying to get help (couldn't hear the emergency phone over her talking).