dear people who are waiting to get on the elevator;
why must you stand in the middle of the door, making it impossible for me to get off the elevator. you have all of that room outside the little hanging box, an entire floor at your disposal, in which you can wait to be shuttled to your desired location, while i only have about the width of the door to stand in. couldn’t you wait a little off to the side, i promise the door will stay open long enough for me to get out of the way and for you to get in.
it seems like a much better idea than you just walking into me like i’m in the way, or not even there; even though there is only one way in and out and you are taking your half of it out of the middle.
—sliding door dancer
This article appears in Oct 15-21, 2009.
didn’t we just go through this?
somebody school this jabronie… I haven’t any more time for reiteration.
“i promise the door will stay open long enough for me to get out of the way and for you to get in.” You obviously don’t work in Duke Tower. You’ve got exactly two seconds from the time a person gets out, to get your ass in between the door before it starts closing. I know that’s why we all hover so close there, otherwise, it’s a dive to the button to stop the elevator from leaving.
TDF: for the quick elevators, sacrifice the body. Well, actually, someone else’s body…just get behind a little person and shove ’em down in between the closing doors. This will leave enough of a gap for all of you to get into the elevator in an orderly way, and then you can either drag the victim in or push ’em back out into the lobby.
Haha- good plan. I may try it 😉