Originally Posted by PTravel (Post 16794883)

Wow. You read a lot into what other people do. I slide my arm in on closing doors (and will continue to do so), because the elevator is there and I can make it. It is not inconsiderate of the people inside (who, if they were considerate, would have pressed the "open doors" button). What is jerky is thinking that, because the doors have begun to close, it is now your personal elevator.

Originally Posted by You want to go where? (Post 16794693)

Real old old-school etiquette calls for the man to get on first, not the woman, but for the woman to exist first. Why? Because getting on an elevator was supposed to be potentially dangerous, and therefore, the man should take the risk first, or remain in the risky situation last.

The same rationale once applied to stairs. A man was to position himself so that if the woman fell, he would be able to catch her.

Originally Posted by PTravel (Post 16794883)

I slide my arm in on closing doors (and will continue to do so), because the elevator is there and I can make it. It is not inconsiderate of the people inside (who, if they were considerate, would have pressed the "open doors" button).

Originally Posted by djs (Post 16794895)

The problem here is that I've seen it happen 3-4 times in a row at which point it has the potential to become quite annoying.

Originally Posted by mcditolla (Post 16793865)

Break wind, exit elevator, wish those you had to step around a good day.

Originally Posted by sfo (Post 16794960)

If a man and woman are entering the elevator and there is no one else in the elevator then the woman should NEVER go in first, if she did/does she would be extremely vulnerable to the man entering behind her.

Originally Posted by djs (Post 16794895)

The problem here is that I've seen it happen 3-4 times in a row at which point it has the potential to become quite annoying.