It's a take on a Bugs Bunny cartoon! Back when, when I was a kid, department stores, like Marshall Fields in Chicago, Macy's and Gimbels, in Manhattan, were 7 or 8 floors. It was a pre-recorded message, in the days before Musak.
The Looney Tunes short "Hare Conditioned", 1945:
Bugs Bunny: Fifth floor! Rubber tires, sugar, bourbon, butter, and other picture postcards!
The Monkey King in Jackie Chan Adventures:
"Third floor: housewares, ladies' undergarments, puppets!"
Marlon Brando, of all people, worked as an elevator operator. He quit because saying "lingerie" out loud embarrassed him.
The offended "Gender Studies" idiot need to be be lobotomized as a brain upgrade. It will improve her intelligence.
I’ve seen every Bugs Bunny.
Love Bugs Bunny.
I’m getting the picture. It’s an east coast urban thing from a long long time ago.
And there’s no one source for it per se.
“Marlon Brando, of all people, worked as an elevator operator. He quit because saying “lingerie” out loud embarrassed him. “
Weird. I bet he didn’t stop eating butter after he made “Last Tango in Paris.”