[cva66snipe]

Next time place your hands flat on the door and try to slide it open that usually works. Unless the door mechanism meaning the rods are jammed they will allow you to open them although there will be considerable resistance. Most of the time elevators stick even or within a foot or two of a floor. Then all you have to do is open the outward door to get into the lobby.

I've been stuck on a few myself. Only one I could not get out of and that was because the door actually jammed shut. I had to wait on a guy I worked with to come in and get me out. Lucky for me he lived nearby. Usually I was the rescuer to ones trapped too as I was the on duty maintenance mechanic. I know how to get in and out from both sides and carried a flatheat screwdriver to trip the doors open on the lobby side.

[Boiling point]

Thanks, At the time(not any more), I was a fire alarm tech and even had my own elevator door key (the rod with the toggle on the end). It was in my tool box, but as I recall, you can only use those from the outside.