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post #16 of 29
11/11/10 at 6:40pm
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Originally Posted by Piobaire View Post
Everyone always enters and then turn to face the door. I prefer to step in and face everyone else, taking up the central position, and nod and smile at people. It freaks some people out and I enjoy it.

That's sort of creepy.
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post #17 of 29
11/11/10 at 6:46pm
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Everyone always enters and then turn to face the door. I prefer to step in and face everyone else, taking up the central position, and nod and smile at people. It freaks some people out and I enjoy it.

Not too long ago I was in Miami Beach in a ritzy condo (not mine) and got into a large elevator with a rather flashy gay couple with a huge dog. I sort of said "hi" and patted the dog but then I was facing them and we were moving and I wasn't sure whether to turn around or not, afraid that by doing so I might be sending some kind of bad message but also afraid that by staying facing them they might think I was staring at them or something and basically I was just frozen in social limbo for 11 floors.

awkward!
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post #18 of 29
11/11/10 at 7:00pm
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That's sort of creepy.

See? It works.
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post #19 of 29
11/12/10 at 1:34am
I don't do the greet regularly, but I do offer to press the floor button if I'm standing there and I always let the ladies and older folks out before I do. also, I try my best not to let one out whenever I'm riding.
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post #20 of 29
11/13/10 at 3:52pm
I do, but considering the people I am usually riding with the translation amounts to something different. Still, I think it's a nice gesture and certainly not intrusive. Makes up for some of the a-holes on cell phones in elevators!
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post #21 of 29
11/15/10 at 1:14pm
Depends on eye contact is made when I get into the elevator or if there was the offer of pushing the button for the floor. If there was no interaction, I keep quiet. Something slight, they get a smile or head nod and a 'have a good day.' If I feel up to it, I throw up the deuces and walk away.
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post #22 of 29
11/15/10 at 2:47pm
I like to fart 5-10 seconds before the elevator door opens on my floor.
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post #23 of 29
11/15/10 at 3:22pm
If two guys are on the elevator and one farts, everyone knows who did it. I prefer to stare at the increasing numbers and make ascending science fiction noises. "Da-na-Na-na-DAH-NAH-DAH-NA-DUMMMMMMM!"
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post #24 of 29
11/15/10 at 5:54pm
I drop my daughter off to daycare in the mornings. Most of the time she's talking and we continue the conversation in the elevator. I enjoy this because it makes most people uncomfortable.
I've never really understood the social behavior of silence in the elevator. Yes, it's a close-quarters space but why does that imply silence?
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post #25 of 29
11/15/10 at 11:33pm
There really is no point in talking on the elevator because the ride is so short, unless you intend on making friendships on future elevator rides hoping to bump into the same people.
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post #26 of 29
11/16/10 at 10:24am
I let people in and out. At my apartment I say have a good night - I use the stairs in the morning. I remember which floor half the time but I'm always afraid people will shout 6 floor numbers at me and I'll forget some. However, the bane of all this is when you're holding the door open for people to leave and someone who needs to get on the lift barges in before people completely exit and says "Sorry..". I never understood that. It's not leaving any faster if people are still in it.
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post #27 of 29
11/16/10 at 12:24pm
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Originally Posted by Syl View Post
I drop my daughter off to daycare in the mornings. Most of the time she's talking and we continue the conversation in the elevator. I enjoy this because it makes most people uncomfortable.
I've never really understood the social behavior of silence in the elevator. Yes, it's a close-quarters space but why does that imply silence?

It doesn't, it just means don't talk at full volume.
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post #28 of 29
11/16/10 at 2:31pm
I usually don't continue conversations when I enter an elevator unless I'm only in the elevator with the people I was previously talking to, or the conversation is inane and I don't mind other people hearing and/or contributing. I say hello to my neighbors or people I know in my condo building and sometimes engage in some idle chatter with them, but most of the time I'm just staring at the numbers as they go up or down. When getting off, I let women go first. When it's another guy, whoever was on first gets off first. Most people seem to do about the same.
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post #29 of 29
11/16/10 at 2:43pm
First the chivalry thread, then this one... damn stop thinking so much about shit like this.
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