Shabbat Lifts
On Shabbat (Saturday) jews are not supposed to work, light fires and so on, however you can use things done or started the previous day. This has resulted in one peculiarity. At least one lift in most hotels, office blocks (what would you be doing there if you weren't working) and appartment blocks will switched into automatic Shabbat mode. This means it will automatically stop at every floor, open up for a set amount of time allowing people to get on and off without having to operate the button to call the lift. This can be rather tedious if you are going from the 17th floor to the lobby, so make sure you don't inadvertedly step into this lift.
