The lift has broken down... our society is also breaking down

I met Sharon at Everton road this after and we were going to do one final defect check on our unit.

As we walked towards the lift lobby, we couldn't help but to hear the incessant ringing of the lift alarm. We looked and saw that one of the lift was stuck at level 37. And there was a message asking people to call for lift maintenance service. At that point in time, there were 2 people at level 1.

Dude 1 was an old man and he walked to another lift, appearing to naturally ignore the alarm sound. Seeing us staring at that faulty life, he just told us to take another lift up.

Dude 2 was a hunter, a hunter looking for flat owners to strike a renovation deal. I brushed him aside saying I already have someone to do my renovation. Similarly, all this while, he was totally ignorant of the lift alarm.

I told Sharon we should investigate this and see if there were people stuck in the lift. I could have played dumb and be like either of the 2 idiots. But hey, 路见不平，拔刀相助 is my mantra for the day. If I didn't do anything, who would? We took a lift up to the 37th level and noticed the lift unit stuck in between level 37 and level 38. Sharon called the lift maintenance immediately and they dispatched help which could only arrive 25mins later. Meanwhile, I tried to get the attention of the people stuck in the lift, to assure them that help was on the way.

I thought we should go down and look for help from security. And when we were at level 1 again, there were 2 security guards trying to help. People noticed the lift was stuck but NOBODY asked anything more. Everyone assumed that someone had called for help, and moved away...The 2 security guards are my fellow heroes of the day, as they tried to ply open the doors (though they were not supposed to). Their reason is very simple: 30mins of waiting time, the people inside could be suffocated. Try to do something first.

Simple logic, albeit a dangerous one. No doubt they did not follow the 'safety procedure', you couldn't fault them for their mind was very focused on saving the people inside the lift. You can tell that they weren't educated from the way they talk, but their actions were far superior than many of the educated b*****d that our MOE factory had produced (myself included).

Help eventually arrived after sometime and the people were safe. They saw us and we very thankful for our help. But they didn't get a chance to thank the 2 security guards or saw what the 2 security guards tried to do to help them. We didn't deserve all the 'thanks' for what we did was to just dial a number and scream for help. I told them that there were 2 security guards downstairs and you should thank them too.

However, one of the victims was so engrossed in relating her experience about not being able to dial for help that I doubt everyone heard what I said. And needless to say, I was very doubtful if they eventually would say thank you to those 2 people who tried so hard to help them.