I recall that I used to take the elevator at Logan Airport’s international arrivals regularly, once every two weeks. There were two elevators side by side, and both of them had inspection certificates displayed that were about a year out of date. Usually the elevators were not crowded, but one day one was especially packed. I commented, to no one in particular, “Am I the only one who noticed that the inspect certificate is a year out of date?”
Next time I got on, about two weeks later, in place of the inspection certificate was a notification, “For inspection certificate please visit...” and it identified an office. which probably would only respond to official inquiries.
In this case, it’s likely that inspections were pencil whipped or simply ignored entirely.
We have an elevator in our hospital that is always breaking down. The joke among us cellar dwellers is that you only get on it if the food cart is going up. You never know when you are going to need provisions.