The Big Apple: “My first time using an elevator was an uplifting experience, The second time let me down”

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

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Entry from February 02, 2020

“My first time using an elevator was an uplifting experience, The second time let me down”

An elevator joke that has been printed on many images is:

“My first time using an elevator was an uplifting experience, The second time let me down.”

“The first time I used an elevator was an uplifting experience. The second time let me down” was posted on Twitter by Flying Purple People Eater on January 3, 2017. The joke probably originated on an image.

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Flying Purple People Eater
@fppe
The first time I used an elevator was an uplifting experience. The second time let me down.
1:34 AM · Jan 3, 2017·Facebook

Twitter
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@_MIND_ITch_
The first time I used an elevator was an uplifting experience.
The second time really let me down.
#SundayMorning #Sunday
2:18 AM · Jul 16, 2017·Twitter for Android

Twitter
N o a h J a m e s
@noah_larsony
My first time using an elevator was an uplifting experience. The second time, it really let me down.
5:47 PM · Jul 19, 2017·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
TheCristian Maiullo
@ShiftPlus3
My first time using an elevator was an uplifting experience! The second time let me down.
5:45 PM · Aug 2, 2017·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Dean Curtis
@DeanCurtis_
My first time using an elevator was an uplifting experience. The second time let me down.
#comedy #HAHAHAHA #Funny #Sarcasm #Joke #MustRead
8:03 PM · Aug 28, 2017·WittyHumourBot

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/mellon_coliee May 18, 2018
my first time using an elevator was an uplifting experience…
...the second time it let me down

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/KarmelMalone February 12, 2019
My first time using an elevator was an uplifting experience.
The second time let me down.

Facebook
Dad Jokes Anonymous
July 21, 2019 ·
My first time using an elevator was an uplifting experience, The second time let me down.

Twitter
Dad Jokes
@Dadsaysjokes
My first time using an elevator was an uplifting experience
The second time let me down.
2:42 PM · Jan 17, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/HellsJuggernaut February 2, 2020
My first time using an elevator was an uplifting experience.
The second time let me down
COMMENTS
FizaFlora
Elevator puns are bad on so many levels.

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