Pressing close lift door button? Am I evil?
Jan 25, 2011, 6:50 am
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Pressing close lift door button? Am I evil?
When arriving at T5B you have to take the lift down to train and lift back up.
If you're first off the plane, you will often fine that you'll get to th lift quickly but then if there is a steady flow of people towards the lift you get... "doors closing" "doors opening" until the lift is full, on occasions I have pressed the lift close doors to try and get the thing moving... am I evil?!
If you're first off the plane, you will often fine that you'll get to th lift quickly but then if there is a steady flow of people towards the lift you get... "doors closing" "doors opening" until the lift is full, on occasions I have pressed the lift close doors to try and get the thing moving... am I evil?!
Jan 25, 2011, 6:52 am
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When arriving at T5B you have to take the lift down to train and lift back up.
If you're first off the plane, you will often fine that you'll get to th lift quickly but then if there is a steady flow of people towards the lift you get... "doors closing" "doors opening" until the lift is full, on occasions I have pressed the lift close doors to try and get the thing moving... am I evil?!
If you're first off the plane, you will often fine that you'll get to th lift quickly but then if there is a steady flow of people towards the lift you get... "doors closing" "doors opening" until the lift is full, on occasions I have pressed the lift close doors to try and get the thing moving... am I evil?!
Jan 25, 2011, 7:17 am
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No, not evil. Seems like a few of us do it.
But is it evil to look very apologetically at the people who've just got there as the doors close and they get left behind, then to sn1gger to yourself as you descend/ascend?!
PS - FT doesn't approve of the sn1gger word!! Took me a while to figure out why!
But is it evil to look very apologetically at the people who've just got there as the doors close and they get left behind, then to sn1gger to yourself as you descend/ascend?!
PS - FT doesn't approve of the sn1gger word!! Took me a while to figure out why!
Jan 25, 2011, 7:21 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.
Jan 25, 2011, 7:23 am
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No you're not evil otherwise you'd be there for ages letting everyone in.
This reminded me of a colleague who years and years ago used to take great delight and boast at the office if he saw a hitchhiker, would stop a short distance after them and as they got up to the vehicle carrying their bags would accelarate away leaving the person(s) making all kind of, mainly hand, gestures. Now that was not evil but priceless.
Jan 25, 2011, 7:24 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.
Jan 25, 2011, 7:30 am
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When arriving at T5B you have to take the lift down to train and lift back up.
If you're first off the plane, you will often fine that you'll get to th lift quickly but then if there is a steady flow of people towards the lift you get... "doors closing" "doors opening" until the lift is full, on occasions I have pressed the lift close doors to try and get the thing moving... am I evil?!
If you're first off the plane, you will often fine that you'll get to th lift quickly but then if there is a steady flow of people towards the lift you get... "doors closing" "doors opening" until the lift is full, on occasions I have pressed the lift close doors to try and get the thing moving... am I evil?!