Mount Everest.

i got yelled at a lot tonight. And I've mentioned a lot about people's reluctance to ascend to further floors.

This is what I don't get. A city? It is crowded. Therefore, buildings have small floor areas but then...go up. and up and up. It's one of the wonders of architecture. Buildings can have many many floors.

I know, it's crazy! It's absolutely insane that a building wouldn't have EVERY SINGLE thing on the first floor! I mean, really, when you enter a building with six floors, you expect everything YOU need to be right in front of you, right?

I just think they're not understanding the limited space. Floors are divisions. Fiction on the first floor, non-fiction on the second, textbooks on the fourth. As I've pointed out before, we have an elevator and escalators (all working, by the way). No energy must be expended to reach another level. So WHY do people moan in pain when I say something is located on the fifth floor? It's like I'm purposely trying to punish them for needing Spanish-English dictionary.
"All the way up? Really?"
"Yes, I know it's far. The air gets a little thinner, but you look strong and healthy. It's only the weak who have trouble with that altitude."