How many Americans can you fit in an elevator....

Well, after trying to take a short cut through a neighboring hotel in Duba-Festival City we found out. I guess they did not want us in their bar area, so a hotel representative lead us to an elevator whose maximum weight capacity was 1000kg. Our group of 11, not knowing this limit, piled into the elevator to go to the the lobby area that connects to our hotel. Well, we didnt make it. The doors shut, we went up slightly, then down a bit....then nothing. Yep, we were stuck in an elevator. I have never had the privilidge of this experience, but I will not forget it!!! A guy in our group decided to play the "lets jump up and down game" to see if we could get it moving. Nope. We used the phone to call the mysterious voice you call in an elevator....who said they were sending someone. We laughed, tried to open the hatch in the ceiling, the air condtioner shuts off when the elevator isnt moving....no air flow....it started getting muggy, and with muggy comes sweat, with sweat comes smell....nice. We finally decided to pry open the doors and found a group of men doing the same. We were still on the same floor, go figure. Although it felt like it took a lifetime, the whole episode only took maybe 10 minutes. Just another day in Dubai :)