(27 Aug 2015, 6:47 pm)aureolin wrote It's a bit like those lifts that state they're for 16 people, and you start to get a bit nervous when a 5th person jumps in...
That's one of those things that big'un queries every time we get in a lift. The one at the side of Debenhams in Boro is the best - supposedly holds 12 people but fits 4, very intimately.
My betting is that the numbers are made up according to how many hanging straps there are (didn't notice any from the pictures but will have to have a hunt around). of course, some of us couldn't even reach those straps when we were younger and could raise our arms above our heads.