Skipping floor 13 is one thing, skipping 9,10,11,12,13,14, and 15 is quite another. And has anyone checked the mid-30s are really there? They could be placebo buttons.
Also in East Asian cultures, the number 4 is unlucky either because its pronounced the same or similar to “death”. So, they often don’t have floors with the digit 4.
“My hotel doesn’t have a 13th Floor because of superstition, but c’mon man… People on the 14th floor, you know what floor you’re really on"
“What room are you in?”
“1401”.
“No, you’re not. Jump out of window, you’ll die earlier!””
This doesn’t make it ok. Children are adept at pointing out the stupidity of adult discrimination, reminding them that people are dumb enough to discriminate against a fucking number is a good way to hopefully help them hold onto their memories of how idiotic some of our learned choices are.
Anecdotally, having to have to take the stairs down during fire drills, the number of steps between floors 15 -> 14 is the same number of steps from 14 -> 12.
I think it’s simply that 13 is considered unlucky, so people won’t rent/buy those properties, and it’s cheaper to renumber the floors than to risk the floor being unoccupied or below market value.
If you look closely, floor 13 is actually skipped in a LOT of buildings. It’s unlucky
Maybe that’s why Trump removed so many, still hasn’t found the one that causes all of his problems
The cause is number 1. Himself
2*
That’s why he had the elevator people replace it with G for Genius.
It’s trump, so “J” for genius.
Skipping floor 13 is one thing, skipping 9,10,11,12,13,14, and 15 is quite another. And has anyone checked the mid-30s are really there? They could be placebo buttons.
Also in East Asian cultures, the number 4 is unlucky either because its pronounced the same or similar to “death”. So, they often don’t have floors with the digit 4.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraphobia
I lived in a condo building in a high Chinese population city in British Columbia, Canada and there was no 4th, 13th or 14th floor.
I have tetraphobia. That’s why I only buy milk and juice sold in bottles.
You got me with that one! Magnificently done.
Bags for life.
Found the canadian.
There’s literally dozens of us.
People with tetraphobia must have to avoid the aquarium section at pet stores
— Mitch Hedberg
I work on the 13 floor, can confirm I have a lot of bad luck. I had bad luck before I got moved there but I still do
This doesn’t make it ok. Children are adept at pointing out the stupidity of adult discrimination, reminding them that people are dumb enough to discriminate against a fucking number is a good way to hopefully help them hold onto their memories of how idiotic some of our learned choices are.
So then…what about 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15?
You are right though, I think nearly every tall building I’ve been in doesn’t list a floor 13.
I thought those floors were there, but usually service floors?
Anecdotally, having to have to take the stairs down during fire drills, the number of steps between floors 15 -> 14 is the same number of steps from 14 -> 12.
I think it’s simply that 13 is considered unlucky, so people won’t rent/buy those properties, and it’s cheaper to renumber the floors than to risk the floor being unoccupied or below market value.
Interesting. Now I want to investigate more.
Don’t you mean unfortunate?
/s