Originally Posted by RatherGhastly

Heheh, I had a similar felt-like-a-moron experience recently:Having just arrived into LHR T3, I stepped into the lift from the arrivals concourse to go down to the T5 transfer bus. I was on a tight connection, as my flight had left DFW 100 mins late, so I was already somewhat flustered. The lift descends to the ground floor, and stops, but the door doesn’t open. So I press the OPEN DOOR button. (At least I thought to try that, lol!) Nothing. Try again. Still nothing. I was beginning to panic at this stage, so I press the OPEN button several times in quick succession. Still nothing. Then, pondering what to do next and contemplating using the emergency call button, I happen to hear a very faint whooshing sound behind me. I turn around, only to see the door closing behind me. It was a lift with forward and rear doors, and there I was standing like an idiot pushing buttons and panicking, whilst the door was opening and closing behind me!