Pressing close lift door button? Am I evil?
Jan 25, 2011, 9:21 am
#35
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I used to live in a building with an elevator that had two flaws...
The first, which was quite annoying was that I'd call the elevator to my floor (2) and the arrow in the elevator would indicate that it would be going down but when I'd press "Lobby" it would ascend to a higher floor because someone else had called it. Very annoying.
The second flaw was a delicious one though. When the above would happen and I'd be forcibly sent skyward, (well, perhaps to floor 8) I learned that if I held the "doors close" button the elevator would stop on 8 but then immediately descend without opening the doors on 8.
If you don't think this evil, you might think otherwise as when the elevator reached its apogee and began its descent I would let out a loud "Muwahahaha!!!!" laugh.
The first, which was quite annoying was that I'd call the elevator to my floor (2) and the arrow in the elevator would indicate that it would be going down but when I'd press "Lobby" it would ascend to a higher floor because someone else had called it. Very annoying.
The second flaw was a delicious one though. When the above would happen and I'd be forcibly sent skyward, (well, perhaps to floor 8) I learned that if I held the "doors close" button the elevator would stop on 8 but then immediately descend without opening the doors on 8.
If you don't think this evil, you might think otherwise as when the elevator reached its apogee and began its descent I would let out a loud "Muwahahaha!!!!" laugh.
Jan 25, 2011, 9:26 am
#36
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The truth is the close button in elevators don't work checkout this article http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/insiden...e-part-ii.html
and Google the term "elevator close button" you will get all the information you need.
and Google the term "elevator close button" you will get all the information you need.
Open doors = opens them as they close an Close doors does what it says
Jan 25, 2011, 10:03 am
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Jan 25, 2011, 10:08 am
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The truth is the close button in elevators don't work checkout this article http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/insiden...e-part-ii.html
and Google the term "elevator close button" you will get all the information you need.
and Google the term "elevator close button" you will get all the information you need.
Jan 25, 2011, 10:12 am
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Americans love to hold lift (elevator) doors open for inordinate periods. I have observed that lift behaviour is one of the fundamental differences between Brits and Americans. Americans scowl and press the 'door open' button when they see someone approaching; Brits smile, press the 'door close' button and may even mouth the word "Sorry".
Jan 25, 2011, 10:51 am
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The ones is the Hilton Basel certainly DO work. Those lifts always stop at the ground floor, whether you want them to or not. Keeping a finger on the 'close' button reduces the delay considerably, which if you are in your swimming trunks and a dressing gown on a frigid Swiss day can be a life-saver.
Now its haggis time!!
Jan 25, 2011, 10:51 am
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No idea if this is true or not, but I've bene told that in lifts manufactured after a certain date, the 'close' button doesn't actually do anything. If this is the case, the real question is whether one presses the 'door open' button when you can see someone approaching.
(My girlfriend claims this is true, and was the case in a building she used to work in.)
Jan 25, 2011, 11:15 am
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