Comments on: Elevator Awkwardness Explained

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:46:36 +0000

I still dislike them. And it’s entirely because I am claustrophobic.

By: Barry Kramer

Barry Kramer — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:23:46 +0000

I used to have great fun in our office elevator by turning to a colleague, who was in on the joke, and saying, “Well, how does he know it’s his baby?” Immediately, you could hear a pin drop. And then, laughter as the normal elevator tension lifted.

By: Len Johnson

Len Johnson — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:50:34 +0000

Since everyone seems to be looking up, why don’t they put a weigh scale showing the poundage of the occupants in a little window above the door? All elevators post the weigh not to exceed. I’m only guessing, but some people with a weight problem might use the stairs. Look honey, together we weigh 345 lbs.

By: max

max — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:45:15 +0000

There’s a brilliant lobby feature at a hotel in Las Vegas featuring fictional elevator interiors with little play vignettes going on in each of them. Fabulous installation, and the best public art I’ve ever seen in Vegas.

By: Bob Brown

Bob Brown — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:42:27 +0000

Part of the problem is that no one teaches “Elevator 101″!! Which corner do you go to first. Should you face the front or the back? No one, even your mother shows how to enter and conduct yourself when you are a kid. Are there any printed pamphlets or instructions about Elevator Etiquette??

By: Marjory Munson

Marjory Munson — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 12:08:57 +0000

Do people react the same way in countries where the person-to-person distance is less than the arm’s length?