- Oh shoot, oh no, I pressed the alarm.
Wait, why is the elevator making that noise?
This is going to be an intense video.
I've been seeing all these 24 hour challenges on YouTube
and I thought, I might give it a shot so today,
I'm gonna be spending 24 hours in an elevator.
The moment I step, oh, let me grab some water.
I guess the moment I step in the elevator I'm not
going to be able to get out so it's just going to start,
it's just gonna start right now.
I'm inside. Oh my, I feel like I should have
gotten stuff and like prepared.
It's empty, it's got like a good amount of room.
(camera falls)
I really don't like when elevators move, I always
feel like they're going to fall.
It feels like there's a lot of air in here and
maybe the only thing that's going to bother me
is the light. It's like very bright fluorescent light
and it's obviously not going to turn off at night.
(high intensity chase music)
Where are we going now?
Why does it keep going up and down, I'm
going to get nauseous.
Wait, what the hell?
There's nothing,
it's just, what? It's just blinking x.
Why am I freaking out? I'm not gonna, it's just an elevator.
Where is it going though?
I don't like that I don't have control over where
the elevator's going.
Okay, it's stopping.
I'm spending 24 hours in the elevator, what do you think?
- 24 hours in an elevator? Good luck man.
- I'm spending 24 hours in the elevator.
- Are you really?
- Yeah.
- This seems like a really bad idea.
- Yeah.
(upbeat jazzy music)
My head's starting to hurt because we're going
up and down so much.
My ears keep popping. Just, it needs a break.
Can this elevator go on break for a little bit?
And, I could just step out right here and I'll be free.
It's so awkward not leaving the elevator when everyone
else leaves. I think I have a break.
Yes, it's not moving.
I'm really getting dizzy.
I'm gonna sit down and have some water real quick.
It's the longest break I've gotten so far.
(elevator annoucer)
No!
(upbeat piano music)
Okay, we got another break.
Lobby, no!
No!
(upbeat piano music)
(elevator announcer)
I'm getting so nauseous.
Ugh, should I pull for the emergency stop?
Why did it stop on the thirteenth floor now?
Do elevators just stop on random floors whenever they're
not in use so you can take breaks?
It smells weird like if someone brings food in,
someone just came in with yogurt and left, and now
it smells like yogurt. It like traps the smells
of whatever someone brought here.
(elevator)
If someone farts, I'm gonna kill them.
(upbeat electronic music)
Oh my god. Please no more people, it hasn't stopped,
it hasn't stopped.
Okay, it is so hot.
These lights are hurting my head. Oh!
I knew this time would come but like I really
gotta take a piss.
(dramatic horror music)
Okay, ah, I got a little break.
No, it's started moving again, I laid down for one second.
I feel like I'm going to go crazy in this little white room.
I tried to do some yoga and work out, just to like,
have some sort of activity to do but like it's
really scary because you can feel the elevator bounce
and stuff and I just feel like it's gonna fall so.
Ugh, I can't do it anymore!
No, I can, I can.
I'm bored so I'm gonna call my mom.
Hey, how are ya?
- [Eric's Mom] I'm good, how are you?
- I'm living in an elevator for 24 hours.
- [Eric's Mom] Why are you in an elevator?
- [Eric's Mom] Okay.
- All right, I love you.
I think I'm gonna call and friend and ask them
to like bring me something.
Hey! It's Eric calling, if you listen to this voicemail.
Hey! This is Eric Tabach, please bring me stuff
to the elevator.
Hey! It's Eric Tabach, I have called every single person
on the video team and nobody's picked up on me.
- [Kyle] Hey, hey, what's up man?
- I can't leave and I didn't bring any stuff inside so
I need you to bring some stuff.
- [Kyle] No.
- But I'll shout out your Instagram, in the video,
right now.
- [Kyle] I'll be there in like 8 minutes.
- (laughs) Alright!
(upbeat bouncy music)
(horror movie music)
- All right, so I'm outside the elevators at Buzzfeed
There's four options, I think Eric's in number five,
he said, so, I just gotta hit this button and hopefully,
he comes down or keep hitting it until he comes down.
E4,H4, oh!
H5! Okay, here we go.
- Yes!
- Oh no.
(elevator)
No! What is happening?
What if it starts going to like 1920?
Yeah, like in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
How are you feeling Kyle?
- I'm a little dizzy honestly, the up and down is
getting to my head. You wanna get some food, are you hungry?
- Yeah, I definitely need food.
- Snacks on the 13th floor right?
- [Eric] Go grab a chair, a little desk.
- Chair, little desk.
- [Eric] My computer.
- How do I get in through there? I need a pass.
- [Eric] Just take this.
- What's this? No! (laughs)
Well hydrated.
(yawns)
- I'm getting tired, I'm getting tired.
Yes!
- All right, I got you the pillow and don't be mad,
I did get you something. I don't -
- Just a cup of Starbursts?
- They're delicious.
- I'm gonna die. I'm gonna like literally die,
can I survive off this?
- Yeah, sugar and
- That's delicious.
- Oh.
- Hey.
- Oh, sorry.
Who's joining? Hey, come in.
Oh my god, can I have those groceries?
- Uhhh, sorry.
- I'm staying in this elevator for 24 hours
- Are you serious?
- And he brought me Starbursts (laughs)
- Goodnight.
- Thank you, goodnight, enjoy your regular bedroom.
- Thanks.
- A lot of company, you're meeting a lot of new people.
- [Eric] Yeah, I've never seen any of these faces.
- And elevators are usually awkward and quiet and
not this elevator.
- I'm livening it up!
- Yeah, this elevator's full of fun and conversations
- And Starbursts!
- It's really not that much smaller than our rooms.
- Our rooms (laughs), it's literally, this is what a
New York City apartment is like.
(upbeat jazz scatting)
- Okay so Kyle left because he got bored and nauseous.
Yeah, you really, really get nauseous in here.
Like you know the people that stand in the elevator and
press the button, they go up and down, I don't know
how they do this all day because I literally,
I can't even stand, I feel really, really dizzy.
He took the chair, he just left me a pillow.
So, I'm just probably gonna go like to sleep sometime soon.
The security guard didn't wanna be on camera but
they ordered too much pizza so he gave me a whole pizza pie.
So I'm going to eat a little bit,
even though I'm like feeling dizzy and weird.
(lighthearted Spanish music)
I can't eat anymore. I literally only had one slice and I
feel sick. I'm just going to go to sleep.
(creepy dramatic music)
It's literally 2 AM right now and the elevator's moving.
What the ****.
(elevator)
What?
****,that is so creepy.
I should be fine, there's security cameras.
I gotta just go back to bed.
All right, so it's 9 AM, people should be
getting here somewhere around now.
I slept pretty fine, like, it took me a little while
to get comfortable and fall asleep.
At some point I just fell asleep and kinda slept through it.
As soon as my friends get here like coworkers, I'm
gonna ask them to bring me some food and my stuff so
I can work and just like, get rid of the pizza.
I just have to pull it off until 4, I think I'm gonna be
able to do it. (elevator announcer)
Good morning.
- Jesus.
- The elevator didn't move all night, I totally
forgot how annoying it is for the elevator to move.
All right so,
everyone's bought me some breakfast like
tea and granola bar and they got me my backpack.
(upbeat jazzy music)
The up and down of the elevator is making me really,
really sick so I just have a couple hours left and
I'm not going to quit now so I'm just
gonna try and sleep again. I honestly don't care.
(elevator announcer)
- What are you doing?
- Shh.
(slow violin music)
Four minutes left, I feel
so sick, I can't
even see what I'm filming, my eyes can't calibrate but
I can't wait to get out of here.
(elevator announcer)
(laughs)
I made it out! Oh my god. I smell fresh air.
The ground is definitely still moving and I feel like
unstable but oh my god, I'm going to go get food and water.
I frigging did it. I've accomplished nothing.
Why am I even excited? I've literally wasted 24 hours.
(upbeat spanish music)