Why doesn’t common sense prevail when it comes to elevator etiquette? Seriously! I cannot exit the elevator until you get out of MY way. Don’t try and enter the elevator and then look at me like I’m in your way when I’m trying to leave the elevator. And then sometimes you’ll even catch yourself apologizing because you felt like you were in the way. No! Stand back 20 feet people and let everyone off the elevator so you can get in. Trust me, this will be quicker than doing some awkward dance with someone trying to hurry off while you are running them over!
And if the elevator is not full please do not stand right next to me. What ever happened to personal space? Who gave you permission to enter my bubble? Common sense would tell you that this is only permissible if the elevator is full. Unless you are Antonio Banderas…then you can invade my personal space :)
While I’m ranting, please don’t judge people that are taking the elevator one floor up. You do not know what their situation is. Maybe they have asthma, maybe they have a bad leg or maybe they just enjoy making you have an extra stop on the way to wherever the hell it is that you are going. It’s a free country and they can ride the damn elevator up one floor if they want to!
And last but not least, please do not expect me run if you hold the elevator door for me if I am 100 feet down the corridor. I didn’t ask you to hold the elevator so please don’t sigh or shoot me a look because I didn’t bolt out of my sandals to break a sweat and catch the precious elevator! Be sure to say hi to me (from a distance hopefully) the next time you see me coming out of an elevator…
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When taking the down elevator, I always just naturally wait for people to step off. People coming out is a sign that the doors didn't open to an empty elevator shaft. Because there is such a thing as getting downstairs TOO fast.
People holding the doors forever is more rare to me... it's usually the douches who let the door close up as I approach... leaving me just enough time to say "No, I'll get the next one!"
What's the rush to get up there, we're all at WORK, right?
And also, ANYONE taking the elevator is lazy. Not just the second floor people. They are, however, the laziest distance-wise.
My favorite always used to be when people would be pushing the 'close the elevator door' button so it would slam right in your face when you are about an inch away. You would have to risk losing your limbs to keep it open.
The best was when they were in the slow elevator and I was still able to beat them up by waiting for the next one and we'd pass in the hall afterward.
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