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- babyheadout, on 05/29/2009, -0/+25I focus on the doors because we don't take advantage of the daily theatrical element of elevator doors. They're practically stage curtains.
- Duffle, on 05/29/2009, -0/+23Sometimes I stand as close as possible to the doors, even if the elevator is empty, just to surprise people.
- darkciti2, on 05/27/2009, -0/+21I jump up and down in the elevator just to spook the people next to me.
- kevincredible, on 05/29/2009, -0/+10I stare into a corner and mutter angrily.
- Haoie, on 05/27/2009, -1/+10Better question: Who doesn't face the door?
- hushpuppy20, on 05/29/2009, -0/+6It works the same for guys using urinals. Floor, ceiling, or the tile DIRECTLY in front of you. No quick movement or speech...
Unless you are advertising like Larry Craig. - burningrobot, on 05/27/2009, -0/+6In elevators that have a panel ceiling, I like to put stuff up there.
- diemunkiesdie, on 05/29/2009, -0/+6I don't think it's a safety thing. It's that you are probably with someone you will never see again. You have no reason to talk to them, and you don't want them to talk to you. When they do talk to you, they inevitably turn out to be weird or crazy.
If you are in the elevator with someone you see routinely, you inevitably build up a rapport, starting with a small nod one day, and then graduating to saying hello by next week, and then simple pleasantries the next time.
Also, I'm not sure I have ever seen someone get killed in the elevator during a horror movie. Usually they are escaping from the killer by getting in the elevator, and the elevator doors will close at just the right second so that the killer cannot get on. - Betrayer, on 05/29/2009, -1/+7I dont have this problem, and i dont get road rage anymore either.
i started thinking of all the strangers around me as relatives (cousins second cousins distant friends etc) .. you know the old lady that cut you off or drives SLOW... its your grandma and she has a bum hip and she cant see... cut her some slack.
although I do sometimes sense the tension of others in the elevator (probably because im smiling like i know them)....interesting article...
- vikblazin, on 05/29/2009, -0/+5why are the first two sentences of your comment so...awkward?
- Chompy, on 05/29/2009, -1/+5Personally, I evince an extreme interest in the floor display. Gotta stare *somewhere*.
- centran, on 05/29/2009, -1/+5When the elevator is jam packed, I have a backpack on, and there is only one more spot right inside the door. In that case I enter, let the doors close, and lean against the door.
It works better that way to fit everyone so that I am not smacking people with my backpack but it is kind of weird. The other downside is you must get out and back in at every floor. - mohamedrias786, on 05/27/2009, -0/+4really wired
- Suaves2102, on 05/29/2009, -0/+4http://www.livevideo.com/video/genefire/AFAF5CACD7 ...
- craznar, on 05/29/2009, -1/+4Try this one day... Stand with your back to the door, look everyone in the face and start "Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for attending the inaugural meeting .... " continue on as you see fit. You have a captive audience, you may as well take advantage of it.
- DjOverEZ, on 05/29/2009, -0/+3Infants.
- vikblazin, on 05/29/2009, -0/+2that old lady is ***** up. she even gave him a grin. bitch
- electrichead, on 05/29/2009, -0/+2I would be totally creeped out if I saw someone standing in the elevator like that guy in the picture. And there's nowhere to run!
- com2, on 05/29/2009, -0/+2Express elevator, only serves a hand full of floors.
- IKORKYI, on 05/29/2009, -0/+2i look at the doors, ceiling, and floors because i don't want to participate in small talk
- simX, on 05/29/2009, -0/+2The anecdote of the old lady at the very end of the article is hilarious.
- inajeep, on 05/29/2009, -0/+2I look at the ceiling for the emergency hatch in case of emergency.
- wertach, on 05/27/2009, -0/+1Boogers?
- slopoke, on 05/29/2009, -0/+1Does Dario look like Robert Downey Jr. to anyone else?
- davidjunit, on 05/29/2009, -0/+1I look at the ceiling because I wonder what's going on up there. I've never been on the top of an elevator.
- iletumi, on 05/29/2009, -0/+1i would of got out with her and stood there smiling at her till the next elevator came.
- rpgmakr, on 05/30/2009, -0/+1Dick move.
- d66kid, on 05/29/2009, -0/+1Really? I've never seen anybody talk in the elevator with strangers. And I just look at whatever I want, not just ceiling or floor.
- JoeParanoid, on 05/29/2009, -0/+1I tell jokes and interact with the other occupants.
- vikblazin, on 05/29/2009, -0/+1have**
- megaton, on 05/29/2009, -0/+1Yeah, elevator murders usually only happen in suspense flicks. The "innocent" will go in there, all unknowing, the doors will close, then on the next floor the doors will open and there is a dead body/blood/nobody/etc.
- moduc, on 05/29/2009, -0/+1isn't it because they try to avoid making eye contacts with people around them? or, they try to indicate to people in the elevator that they're not looking at their bodies? Maybe there is some level of anxiety triggers this behavior, which is easily noticeable compared to other behavior that may happen in the elevator, but not as noticeable.
- zombo, on 05/29/2009, -0/+1Try that on with me pal and you'll get smacked upside the head, freak!
- cmerlo441, on 05/29/2009, -0/+1 A brief synopsis, in case you're too busy to read the whole article:
* A bunch of stuff you already knew
* A bunch more stuff you already knew
* A bunch of biological history that you either already knew or didn't know already because you didn't care to begin with
* A subtle reference to how hot the author's girlfriend is
* Some people are *****
So, my guess is that the girlfriend asked the author to come out to dinner with some uninteresting third party (her parents?) and, instead, made up some ***** about all the research he had to do for an article. Then, to make up for missing dinner, he called her hot in the article. Finally, to distract her from this obvious ploy, he closed with an amusing anecdote about a twisted old lady.
Well done, sir. - ihavefrowned, on 05/29/2009, -0/+0"right inside the door", especially the word "right". And a missing comma after "In that case"
- iletumi, on 05/29/2009, -1/+1Actually it would be the Ceiling or tile in front or risk seeing penis in your peripheral vision!
- jr2037, on 05/29/2009, -0/+0I love the caveman club bashing example he gives. Good stuff.
- meghanomics, on 05/29/2009, -0/+0I take note of the company who made the elevator, because I have their numbers on speed dial on my cell phone to get me out just in case I get stuck in there. Just kidding. Elevators never get stuck except for ID10T errors.
- Ghostalker, on 05/29/2009, -1/+1WTF is up with the buttons in that elevator? They're missing a LOT of floors....
- PooPooPlatter, on 05/29/2009, -2/+1i climax in the elevator. it's orgasmic.
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