DYKWIA in the hotel elevator
Oct 11, 2018, 10:41 am
#48
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I've yet to see #2 fortunately, but I wouldn't hesitate to interrupt the conversation with a "Hey buddy.... on or off. You're holding up the show!" 
She also stands in the parking lot talking to people blocking people from entering/exiting their parking spaces and/or the lot itself while she finishes her conversations.
Oct 11, 2018, 11:13 am
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Oct 11, 2018, 2:54 pm
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I had the elevator barger before. I usually just stand in the middle of the doorway and say something to the effect of "It's traditional to let people off the elevator before trying to enter." They usually back off and let people out. Works the same for trains, and public transit.
Oct 11, 2018, 3:16 pm
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Erm, it's called anabashed selfishness.
Oct 11, 2018, 4:55 pm
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Firstly a message to the rant police, this is a lighthearted and amusing reflection of some DYKWIA behavior I have witnessed in hotel elevators over the past few weeks. It doesn’t bother me and I have shrugged it off so please don’t worry about my mental health
1. That person who barges their way in as soon as the doors open before waiting to see if anyone already in the elevator wants to get out. Or parents who say nothing when their kids do it.
2. That person who stands one foot in and one foot out preventing the door from closing just to finish a conversation they are having with someone standing outside the elevator meaning that everyone else inside has to wait.
3. That impatient person who starts to curse or gets visibly angry when the elevators stops at multiple floors (usually on the way down).
Any others to add? I think no. 2 is my favorite from a DYKWIA perspective.
1. That person who barges their way in as soon as the doors open before waiting to see if anyone already in the elevator wants to get out. Or parents who say nothing when their kids do it.
2. That person who stands one foot in and one foot out preventing the door from closing just to finish a conversation they are having with someone standing outside the elevator meaning that everyone else inside has to wait.
3. That impatient person who starts to curse or gets visibly angry when the elevators stops at multiple floors (usually on the way down).
Any others to add? I think no. 2 is my favorite from a DYKWIA perspective.
Oct 11, 2018, 6:35 pm
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BTW I quickly found out that this - threat or intention to use force will make wonders in Asia. Otherwise you will be just run over.
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Oct 11, 2018, 7:18 pm
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You have to be careful when you use the word Asia. Japan is part of Asia but is most definitely not somewhere where you find rude / selfish / uncouth / loud locals.
Oct 11, 2018, 8:18 pm
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I've started a version of this where I don't move out of the way if someone is heading directly toward me but their head is buried in their phone. If we crash, oh well. If they drop their phone, oh well. If they yell at me, I say "you should be thanking me. I could have been a lamp post or a wall or a crosswalk and you would've walked straight into it. Look where you're walking."
Oct 11, 2018, 8:44 pm
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Ha. This isn't really a DYKWIA elevator story so much, but it's a cautionary tale about elevator etiquette.
The health club I used to belong to had two elevators to the lobby, both of which were excruciatingly slow. So getting one during the morning rush was always a dicey proposition. One morning I lucked out and got one straightaway. Just as the doors were closing, I notice a guy rushing to make it inside, so I kindly held the door open for him and he made it on.
Just before the doors closed again, someone else rushed up and got on just in time. Then someone else. And someone else. This went on about a dozen more times - every time the doors were about to close someone else would rush up and wedge themselves on. In all, it was a good five minutes of false starts and abrupt stops before we finally, slowly, lurched our way downward.
At one point, I looked at the original guy I'd let on and said jokingly, "This is all your fault." He just laughed ruefully as yet another person wiggled her way in.
The health club I used to belong to had two elevators to the lobby, both of which were excruciatingly slow. So getting one during the morning rush was always a dicey proposition. One morning I lucked out and got one straightaway. Just as the doors were closing, I notice a guy rushing to make it inside, so I kindly held the door open for him and he made it on.
Just before the doors closed again, someone else rushed up and got on just in time. Then someone else. And someone else. This went on about a dozen more times - every time the doors were about to close someone else would rush up and wedge themselves on. In all, it was a good five minutes of false starts and abrupt stops before we finally, slowly, lurched our way downward.
At one point, I looked at the original guy I'd let on and said jokingly, "This is all your fault." He just laughed ruefully as yet another person wiggled her way in.
Six years I put up with other people not realising what happened when the doors were interfered with like this. I bet it's still happening... people can be so stupid.
Oct 11, 2018, 9:16 pm
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Oct 11, 2018, 11:16 pm
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Yup. And then there are those people who, while waiting for the lift, push the already-pushed button thinking it will speed up its arrival. Oh, and those equally as intelligent who, when inside the lift and arrive at a floor, will push the Open Door button thinking it will actually override the software / safety design of it and open the doors before they are supposed to open. DUH!
Oct 12, 2018, 11:07 am
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There's always that awkward moment when you arrive at the elevator bank and see someone standing there next to an un-illuminated "up" button and wonder, "Did he push it already? Why isn't it lit? Is the bulb burned out? Should I re-push it just in case?" while the other person is standing there thinking, "I pushed the button! It didn't light up! I hope this person doesn't think I'm an idiot."