You're in an Elevator and someone is rushing to get on it: What do you do

LynneSin

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Fri May-28-04 09:42 AM
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Poll question: You're in an Elevator and someone is rushing to get on it: What do you do

You're in an elevator and the door is getting ready to close. You hear someone rushing to try and catch your elevator - what do you do???

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GOPisEvil

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Fri May-28-04 09:46 AM
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1. Try to hit the "Door Open" button.

Our elevators don't like when people try to stop the doors with body parts. I think they feel as if it is a personal affront.

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TXlib

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Fri May-28-04 09:46 AM
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2. Fart just as he arrives.

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nini

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Fri May-28-04 09:50 AM
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5. well, isn't that special!!

are you the guy that lets loose in the elevators here as you get off of them?

More than once I stepped into an elevator and had to step out because the stench was so bad.. Someone thinks they're pretty funny here. :-)

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TXlib

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Fri May-28-04 09:54 AM
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10. yep that's me.

I'm the guy who's giggling like a motherfucker when he gets off the elevator.

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Radical Activist

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Fri May-28-04 09:47 AM
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3. Depends

Is the person running to the elevator an attractive woman or someone I know? Might make a difference. If the person looks like a Republican businessman I might let it close.

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Whitacre D_WI

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Fri May-28-04 09:50 AM
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4. This is the correct answer.

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LynneSin

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Fri May-28-04 09:50 AM
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6. Anyone who says they try to keep the door open is lying

me - I'm hitting the "door closed" button as I look helpless to do anything about it

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LincolnMcGrath

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Fri May-28-04 09:51 AM
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7. Flip the bird

and hit the Close Door button.

Unless they are attractive females, then I skip the finger and just close the door. :silly:

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underpants

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Fri May-28-04 09:51 AM
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8. Here at work I go by the "three Pillar rule"

We have pillars on the side of our lobby. From the elevator to the three step stepdown just inside the main door there are three pillars, unless the person is inside the third pillar OR really hustling I let the door close.

Life is about rules.

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GiovanniC

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Fri May-28-04 09:51 AM
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9. Say... "Too Late, You Lose"

And mash the "Door Close" button just before they arrive, laughing at their dejection.

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BiggJawn

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Fri May-28-04 09:58 AM
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11. Wanna know MY pet elevator peeve?

it's when the door opens at your floor, some self-centered dipshit thinks that people should get in the car before people get out.

DUH!

Let me out FIRST, asshole, then you get more room!

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Bridget Burke

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Fri May-28-04 10:07 AM
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12. Hit the Open Door button, of course.

If I'm holding something, I might use it to stop the door. Not wise to use a body part for that purpose.

You may have heard about the incident in a Houston hospital where a doctor was (mostly) decapitated while rushing to get on the elevator. The Houston Press followed up & discovered that elevator "accidents" are not as rare as you might like to think.

Not for the sensitive: www.houstonpress.com/issues/2003-10-09/feature.html

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arwalden

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Fri May-28-04 10:15 AM
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13. You Forgot To Mention If He Is Hot Or Not.

I cannot make a decision without knowing important superficial details like this.

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Commendatori

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Fri May-28-04 10:22 AM
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14. The elevators in my building suck, and

waits of up to 10 minutes for one are common. You usually have to stop on every floor because everyone's waiting.

When I'm on one that's ready to move, that poor sap is out of luck.

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bif

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Fri May-28-04 10:31 AM
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15. I press the area next to the Open Door button and...

Give the person my "I tried" look.

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LynneSin

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Fri May-28-04 11:30 AM
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16. that's exactly what I do

I look like I'm trying to help - but you know that I'm not

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