The Lift

I don't think there's anywhere in the world where the elevator has received so much attention and respect, other than the government and people of Singapore. For the past 40 years ever since the first lift was installed in a HDB block, they have been abused, mistreated and taken for granted. People either pee on it or spit on it. They jump up and down in it, pushing the suspension wires to its limit. And when there is a blackout, you blame it on them for making kids trapped in the lift cry. Like opening an unripe durian, people sometimes pry open the lift doors just to have a peep at the shaft. What's there to see anyway??? You expect to see gold or some sort of secret tunnel to Disneyland???





















But now the lift is given a different status. You may be the fastest lift in the world, but you will not be as important and valued here. For the people, we just want the lift to work a little harder and stop at every floor, so that we can rush to the toilet a little faster. For the politician, it can become your campaigning tool and you can leave out issues on job creation and terrorist attacks. So what if the bird flu comes around and we are out of vaccines? The lift is our number one priority, and no man should be made to climb another flight of unecessary stairs forever!!!

What if you are a politician 3000 years ago and you don't have the lift to entice the voters?
"ok ok, if you vote for me, I will have 20 men carry you up and down the pyramid and I will give you 400 cows each if we export more mummies this year .. "