On this Friday the 13th \u2014 one of three in 2026, the most possible in one calendar year \u2014 check your elevator panel.<\/p>\n
You may have never noticed, but if you work in a high-rise, there is a good chance your building doesn\u2019t have a 13th floor.<\/p>\n
That is, it may have 13 or more floors but no elevator button for No. 13, skipping from 12 to 14. The reason is, of course, the traditionally held belief in Western culture that the No. 13 is unlucky<\/a>. Blame Judas, the 13th guest at Jesus’ Last Supper, or the fateful 13th guest at a banquet of 12 gods in Norse mythology.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The superstition \u2014 along with its more extreme iteration, called triskaidekaphobia \u2014 persists and long ago found its way into real estate.<\/p>\n A 2002 study by Otis Elevator Co. showed about 85% of elevators it installs skip the 13th floor button<\/a>, Planetizen previously reported. The New York Post also reported<\/a> that the vast majority of condo high-rises in Manhattan lack a 13th floor.<\/p>\n Continue reading this story on the Houston Business Journal’s website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n