I’m standing by the elevator, waiting obviously, and obviously I’m going to ride upwards because the UP button is already illuminated. Why do you feel it is necessary that when you come to the elevator in order to ride the same direction as me (UP) you need to push the button again?
It’s already been pushed! The elevator isn’t counting the number of people waiting for it. It’s already queued up the car to take us upward. The button is already pressed. It’s lit up and the other button is not. What could make it more obvious to you that I’ve already taken care of the situation?
When you push that button after I’ve already pushed it, you’re translating to me that I look like some sort of mentally challenged elevator idiot who’s been waiting around without even pushing the button to queue the elevator. Perhaps the next time someone does this to me, I’ll go “oh this one has buttons! Where I come from (the future) we don’t need to push the button, we just wait on the nanomachines in the floor to tell the elevator that I’m waiting, and how much I weigh, and what my blood sugar level is.”
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hehe, good stuff. Reminds me of people hitting the WALK button multiple times in order to “speed up” the light change. Hrmn…
I HATE this! I think it must happen to me more than the average person… always makes me feel like the the multipusher is insinuating that my push on the elevator button wasn’t good enough to get the damn elevator to pick me up, not to mention both of us!
I do this. But wait… there’s a reason.
Many elevators will close the door if you press a lit floor button. A lit floor button is way easier to find than the “Close Door” button. Not every elevator has this feature and obviously there’s no way to tell if the elevator you’re in does this.
I’m only trying to help you get the doors shut quicker. Really, it’s for your own good.
you’re imagining this story taking place inside an elevator, when in fact i’m talking about waiting for the elevator, outside of the car.
Oh, sorry. That was an important point that I missed. I now bow to you in your infinite wisdom and uncanny grasp of universal truths. In that case, you’re dead on!
Sadly, thats just plain old human nature…
Nabeel R. on July 23rd, 2007 at 10:58 am | Link