Originally Posted by
stifle
Is that why the lifts between the HEX platforms and T5 have no buttons at all?
Inside the lifts they do have buttons that work - specifically doors close. Trouble is if you're first off the train, even if you deliberately miss the first open lift, people follow you like sheep and you can't close the lift doors (cf T5 shuttle lifts thread kerfufle).
Outside it is automatic, the only problem being that a lot of lifts sit on the lower level between trains, waiting for someone to get in them.
I have the opposite problem inside T5 - my carryon is slung over my shoulders, I don't gossip intently with colleagues, and so I'm usually first in the T5 lifts. If I close the doors as the staff approach, they don't look too happy.