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Coin-Operated Elevators in Condominiums and Apartment Buildings Are Becoming More Common (www.yahoo.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Amuletta@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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So if you have no change you get locked out of your home?

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[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 27 points 2 days ago

Most elevators are legally required to have a fire key for fire service to be able to take over use of the elevator.

Also completely unrelated, did you know most standard keys that are legally required are often public information. You can often just find the keyring in legal documents.