Ham advising another ham to stop using stairs Was at work today and overheard the most insane conversation I've ever heard. A little back story first though.  Where I work is two stories with 6 staircases placed very conveniently through the office building.  In the back of the building by the loading dock is the only elevator.  A gigantic extremely slow moving freight elevator. So you can imagine what all the upstairs call center whales do.  They all heard to the freight elevator to take the two minute trip to the single floor above them.  Keep in mind the elevator is very far from the front of the building where the parking lots are. So they are going very far out of the way to avoid stairs.  I was on my way out and heard the phrase spoken from one ham to another,  'You really should get a scooter and avoid stairs at all costs,  you never know when your knees will explode while going up them.' Sigh, it really blew me away, voluntary snootypuffs due to knee exploding fears.