Originally Posted by
gimmethesimplelife
You are not the only one with a phobia about fire and death by elevator. Ever since 9/11, I have been wary of tall buildings and elevators. Part of this is that I am terrified of heights, part of this is that I remember how innocent elavators became tombs during 9/11. I'm so bad with this that when one of SO's friends went to Chicago and went to the top of the former Sears Tower, once the tallest building in the world (now I think the tallest is in Dubai?) - just looking at an image pointed straight down made my stomach react and my nerves get instantly wound up. One thing I believe that is great about remote work is that office workers formerly in these (in my mind, anyway) deathtraps (skyscrapers) don't have to take the risk involved when they work at home.
In Phoenix office towers are not that big a deal as for a city of this size, we really don't have that many. I'm thinking more of New York, Seattle, Philadelphia - cities that are scrunched together where land is very expensive and space is at a premium - these types of cities wind up my nerves should I think what it must be like to work that many floors up. I don't know if I could do it truth be told but I'm not in a line of work where that is an issue, thankfully. Rob