Kinder - very bored MNetters...
Oh doesn't it piss you off? Do these people own the lift then? People are so sullen and miserable when it would be just as easy to be pleasant. Take no notice, you were being polite.
Trouble is in the UK these days if you smile at people they either think you're crazy or you fancy them. But you have to keep doing it and try and keep manners and pleasantries alive.
By jura on Tue 12-Feb-08 13:53:30
Ah, the world of Lift Amateurs. These are people who do one or more of the following:
When calling the lift, press the up and the down buttons
Press the call button repeatedly in the deluded belief that it will make it come more quickly
Get into the lift when it's going down, when they actually want to go up and vice versa
Stand in front of the button panel and when you say "could you press 3 for me please" stare at you like you have two heads
But of these, no. 3 is definitely the worst. The trouble is, it's a vicious circle. The lift is so full of people going up in order go down, that you end up having to get into a lift going down, just so you can go up....
Lift Amateurs. Hate 'em.
By Ledodgy on Tue 12-Feb-08 13:58:54
Oh I once had an embarrassing lift moment once. Dp and I were getting into a lift at the women's hospital and a man came running up to catch it. I went to press the button that keeps the doors open but somehow pressed the doors shut button. We thought the lift was going up and we were giggling at my stupidity making the poor guy miss the lift the next minute the doors opened and he was on the otherside, the lift hadn't moved anywhere and he must have heard us laughing.