Just today I got reminded that elevator lighting is usually connected to an emergency circuit and is not pulled through the disco for the elevator. And to not trust anybody but me with my safety.

Also--the neutral question.
We were working on a small 110 cicuit w/o much extra wire, shared neutral and our breaker off. The other guy handed me the neutral to hold out of the way, I was ok until I leaned on the column next to me. Unbalanced load can be a killer.