This is as ridiculous as being afraid of broken mirrors and black cats. I own a black cat specifically because all the shelters in my area are overflowing with black cats. Friday the 13th is just a day, and thirteen is just the number after twelve.

This reminds me of the apartments I used to manage. It went from 12 to 12A then 14.
As a side note I lived in Northrige CA in 1993 when the earthquake hit. My apartment number was 13. Lol

In some buildings, there is a 13th floor that is used for HVAC, boilers, etc. It is only accessible via private service elevators so the numbering in the public elevators appears to skip 13. On the other hand, in the building where I work, we keep the Executive on the 13th floor - I think it's a political statement.

BTW,I was born on the 14th because my mother, who was having a caesarian was given the choice of the 13th or the 14th. She chose to stay in labour for an extra day rather than risk ever having to celebrate a birthday on a Friday the 13th.

Superstition goes back a long way. I remember my greatb uncle John didn't like going on the 13th floor.. My mother told me about big office buildings and stores skipped the 13th floor. I thought that can't be true but it is..lol.

My mom always called it stupidstitious. LOL

Wtf that's ridiculous

In my day we didn't have scanners and such but we did have Marine guards. They were huge, ugly, obviously meaner than starving junkyard dogs who would swallow you whole and spit out the bones if anything even slightly out of the ordinary were to take place. I was so preoccupied with surviving the guards that it never occurred to me to check what floor I was on. Of course, our facility was only five stories and a basement. No one ever told me what was in the basement. I didn't want to know.