00:00When the elevator doors opened, everyone was stunned.
00:02The elevator they had been using for free for five years had disappeared overnight.
00:06This meant they would now have to, just like five years ago,
00:09climb the stairs to go shopping or to get to work.
00:11And yet, they had truly brought this upon themselves.
00:13The day before, this woman had bought a defibrillator at her own expense
00:16and installed it in the elevator, telling her neighbors they could use it for free.
00:20The neighbors had replied,
00:21Only your mother has heart problems in this building.
00:23If you want to save her, keep that device in your own home.
00:25Even worse, they took photos and reported the woman to the building management
00:28for cluttering common areas.
00:30Furious after seeing the messages in the group chat,
00:32her mother called the neighbors demons.
00:34And yet, the elevator that had served the building for five years
00:36had been installed by her daughter at her own expense.
00:39Five years earlier, after her mother suffered a heart attack,
00:41emergency services had almost arrived too late
00:43because there was no elevator to carry the stretcher upstairs.
00:46The daughter had suggested that her mother move to the city center.
00:49But her mother, attached to her longtime neighbors,
00:51refused to leave the building where she had lived for decades.
00:54In the end, the daughter personally financed the installation of an elevator.
00:57Her assistant wanted to put up a sign.
00:58Stating it was a private elevator.
01:00But the woman said,
01:01They're all neighbors.
01:02Once it's installed, everyone can use it.
01:03The neighbors, thinking it had been installed by building management,
01:06used it without hesitation.
01:08The woman said nothing.
01:09She even had the stairwell lighting repaired
01:11and installed first aid kits
01:12and fire extinguishers in visible places.
01:14Over the years, she used a first aid kit
01:16to save an elderly man who fainted at the entrance
01:18and a fire extinguisher
01:20to put out a fire
01:20caused by a neighbor while cooking,
01:22greatly improving the building's safety.
01:24And yet, instead of thanking her,
01:25the neighbors reported her
01:26for placing a defibrillator in the elevator.
01:28At first, the woman tried to calm her mother,
01:30saying the neighbors probably didn't understand
01:32what a defibrillator was for
01:33and that she just needed to explain it.
01:35So she informed them
01:36that the device in the elevator
01:37could save lives
01:38and was available to them.
01:40Only two people responded.
01:41The others,
01:41led by the most aggressive neighbors,
01:43had already gone to the building management office
01:45to complain about the obstruction,
01:47adding that instead of removing the device,
01:48after being warned,
01:49she had only posted instructions in the group chat.
01:51Seeing this group of owners,
01:52who didn't know the truth,
01:53the building manager immediately had an idea.
01:56These people didn't know.
01:56The elevator had been installed at the woman's expense.
01:58If he could force her to leave,
02:00the elevator would become
02:00the property of the building management for free.
02:03So a group went to the woman's home,
02:04confident of the management support.
02:06The neighbors banged on her door.
02:07When she opened,
02:07she found the manager and a crowd outside.
02:09An arrogant neighbor
02:10threw the defibrillator on the ground,
02:11declaring that since she refused to remove it,
02:13he would teach her a lesson for her selfishness.
02:15The manager then announced
02:16that the woman had been reported that same day,
02:18and therefore,
02:19she had to pay a fine of 1,400 euros.
02:21The woman couldn't believe her ears,
02:23the private elevator she had allowed them
02:25to use for free for five years,
02:26now brought her not only in gratitude,
02:28but also a report in a single day.
02:30Her mother, furious,
02:31almost had another heart attack,
02:32ignoring the neighbors.
02:33The woman addressed the manager directly,
02:35someone who knew the truth.
02:37Is this elevator really a public asset?
02:38Without any shame,
02:39the manager claimed
02:40that the elevator was a public facility,
02:42even mocking her,
02:43saying she shouldn't believe
02:44that just because she used it every day,
02:46it belonged to her.
02:47What hurt the woman even more
02:48were the personal and cruel attacks that followed.
02:50The neighbors said her mother was covering for her,
02:52and that was why she had heart problems.
02:53The woman wanted to respond,
02:54but her mother stopped her immediately.
02:56The neighbors, growing more arrogant,
02:57told her she should reflect on herself.
02:59My mistake was being too kind.
03:00I installed an elevator
03:01at my own expense for you.
03:02I bought all this safety equipment,
03:03and all I get in return
03:04are insults and fines.
03:06Without another word,
03:06the woman agreed to move out
03:07that very night.
03:08She first had her mother taken
03:09to her apartment in the city center,
03:11then asked her assistant
03:12to immediately contact
03:13a demolition team.
03:14That night,
03:15she was going to give her old neighbors
03:16a big gift.
03:17When the neighbors saw
03:18that she was really leaving,
03:19they mocked her,
03:20saying her junk
03:21only cluttered public space,
03:22and that no one needed it.
03:23They didn't know
03:24that a demolition team
03:25had already gathered outside
03:26as they climbed the stairs.
03:27At exactly midnight,
03:28the assistant cut off
03:29the elevator's power
03:30at a signal from the woman.
03:31The elevator that had served them
03:32for five years
03:33was officially taken out of service.
03:35The next morning,
03:36the neighbors woke up as usual,
03:37some to take their children to school,
03:38others to go shopping,
03:39and others to go for a walk.
03:41While waiting for the elevator,
03:42they bragged about
03:42driving the woman away,
03:43saying that without
03:44all those public installations,
03:46the stairwell felt much nicer.
03:47And when the elevator doors opened,
03:49they all stood there,
03:49speechless.
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