That was the 1st time i heard of the 13th floor superstition.
Thirteenth floor superstition.
The superstition surrounding the number 13 that has been passed down from generation to generation is that thirteen is not a lucky number.
Throughout every corner of this earth someone looks to avoid the number thirteen at all costs.
Getty thinkstock keeping with the reputation of the day here are some things that believers follow avoid on the day.
A broken mirror is said to bring you bad luck.
All this bowing to superstition continues despite some anecdotal evidence that the thirteenth floor is not scary for most buyers.
Omitting the 13th floor may take a variety of forms.
Some hotels do away with a 13th floor.
In some skyscrapers in the world the 13th floor does not even exist.
I thought that was interesting in staying true to not having guests stay on a wrongly numbered floor 13th floor labeled as 14 still makes it the 13th floor.
This phobia has created traditions such as builders strategically forgetting the 13th floor when.
Aside from friday the 13th some people have a separate fear of the number 13.
So you needed a key to make the elevator stop on 13.
Alexandra bellak a broker with douglas elliman real estate said in the atlantic that he d never had a buyer reject a thirteenth floor apartment li 2015.
The fear of 13.
The thirteenth floor is a designation of a level of a multi level building that is often omitted in countries where the number 13 is considered unlucky.
Skipping floor 13 in hotels saves patrons who may suffer from this disorder the discomfort of being in elevators with a 13th floor or from having a room on such a floor.
The most common include denoting what would otherwise be considered the thirteenth floor as level 14 giving the thirteenth floor an alternate designation such as 12a or m the.
But if there is even a minuscule chance that a 13th floor unit won t sell due to superstition then a developer will just as quickly avoid the risk and skip from 12 to 14.