The elevators are not mind readers

[depechemodefan]

I don't get it when a person punches the button to go, say, up. They get on the elevator without looking (and sometimes they are looking) and it goes the opposite directions. Then they bitch, "I wanted to go up, why is it going down?" or "I don't know why I press 1 when I got on the elevator and it went up to 5."

The elevator is not just for you. Someone on five wanted to go down. While you were on 3, the elevator doors opened to let someone off. The elevator is going to continue up if someone on an above floor pressed the button to go up or down since the elevator is already going in the up direction.

OH, so you think you just get on the elevator, and it's suppose to read your mind and think "Oh, this woman is going down. I was heading up. I guess I'll go down because this woman wants to go down, so screw the other people."

Sigh.

I also hate it when someone presses a button (say, to go up, or they pressed "3") and another person comes up and pressed the lighted button again. Usually 5-7 times, rapidly. Like that will make the elevator go faster or magically appear

[Boozy]

Even my two year-old nephew understands what an arrow pointing up means.

I think that people are just in their own little worlds a lot of the time.

[bainsidhe]

This doesn't usually bother me very much. Perhaps because MY annoyance is the people (usually kids or college students grrr) who push every. single. button. Usually as they're getting off the elevator so that the remaining people suffer through every floor until reaching their destination. I ran into this a lot when I delivered pizza to hotels and when I lived in the dorms with 10 floors. They're lucky someone didn't bitchslap them for the trouble.

[RetailWorkhorse]

Anyone who complains to me about it I just tell them "it's on the way, how is making you 10 seconds late to your room any real matter?"

Or the evil been-up-too-late-need-sleep-before-my-next-convention STARE OF AGONY +2+3.

[Cyphr]

when ever anyone else presses ALL THE BUTTONS AT ONCE I just step out give them a few choice words about how much of a prick they are and start up the steps. once time one tried to charge me on the steps so I "accidentally" tripped over my feet and dropkicked the guy in the chest and knocked him down a 1/4 flight.

[KhirasHY]

This doesn't usually bother me very much. Perhaps because MY annoyance is the people (usually kids or college students grrr) who push every. single. button. Usually as they're getting off the elevator so that the remaining people suffer through every floor until reaching their destination. I ran into this a lot when I delivered pizza to hotels and when I lived in the dorms with 10 floors. They're lucky someone didn't bitchslap them for the trouble.

I used to have that problem...until an elevator tech gave me a reset remote

I love seeing some little shit get all dejected when I grin at him and press the little button in my pocket, instantly undoing his asshattery.

[Miyon]

when ever anyone else presses ALL THE BUTTONS AT ONCE I just step out give them a few choice words about how much of a prick they are and start up the steps. once time one tried to charge me on the steps so I "accidentally" tripped over my feet and dropkicked the guy in the chest and knocked him down a 1/4 flight.

Sorry but WTF, the person was so pissed that they didnt get to piss you off so they tried to attack you? That is just..........

[Cyphr]

Sorry but WTF, the person was so pissed that they didnt get to piss you off so they tried to attack you? That is just..........

yea pretty much, he was a big trouble in the dorm and was always doing stuff like that. He liked yelling fire for no reason just to see everyone panic for a half second then realize he was the one who yelled it. of course the insult i gave him as i got off to climb next few floors might of had something to do with it.

[smileyeagle1021]

I used to have that problem...until an elevator tech gave me a reset remote
.

they make those

I want one

[Cyphr]

they make those

I want one

i would like one as well

[Amina516]

OMG..thank you for this post...its nice to know Im not the only one.

In addition to people not looking at the arrow when they get on, I just dont understand when I get on an elevator with other people....and there no buttons pressed. Just where the hell did you think you were going to go without pressing the button? Also...and this pisses me off to no end...the people who stand in front of the elevator and block you from getting off and push past everyone else thats also trying to exit.

Elevator Etiquette should be a required life course.

[Chromatix]

The "follow the leader" instinct is why there is the word "sheeple".

[looney_librarian]

Also...and this pisses me off to no end...the people who stand in front of the elevator and block you from getting off and push past everyone else thats also trying to exit.

That's why I park a book cart right at the entrance when I going on the elevator. I've lost count of the number of people who've run into it. They also tend to back off when they see something blocking the entrance and thus allow me and everyone else to get out of it. My biggest complaint are the people that don't want to move over when I'm moving two empty carts back to the circulation desk. Two carts and me take up about half the elevator space. I'm sorry that I'm asking you to take one step to the side. I want to yell, "I'm bigger than you! Get in my belly!"

[PepperElf]

He liked yelling fire for no reason just to see everyone panic for a half second then realize he was the one who yelled it.

off topic but... yelling "FIRE" like that when there's no fire is still illegal. Federal law in fact... same as pulling the fire-alarm as a joke.

Back on topic... yeah i hate it when people hit all the buttons. childish

[depechemodefan]

OH, other thing. There are two panels inside the elevator, one on the left and one on the right of the doors. So lets say I'm standing on the left. Guy/girl gets on, and they reach right in front of me, instead of reaching to the other side to press a button. I think it's something psychological (gravitating toward people, thus you get in their way) but I wish people would walk in, see the two sets of panels and touch the panel that has no one standing there.