Re: 'Delegation'
Going back many, many years (before mobiles) we had to do that at the local library when my mother and sister got stuck in their lift.
The firemen arrived very quickly, although to be honest I don't think they needed to bother with the appliance given the entrance to the fire station was just across the road.
The total distance from the station garage to the lift was about 10 fire engines, but as you say they got to put the flashing lights on :p
No breaking things though, I was rather disappointed at the time that they just had a large key and a crowbar to unlock the lift door and force it open the first inch of so to allow them to get their hands in and pull it open the rest of the way.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
