Living in a condo means there are certain things you must put up with, which people in regular homes wouldn't.
Most of these things revolve around etiquette.
One of my pet peeves is parking garage etiquette, but I'll save that rant for another day.
Today I'm up in arms about elevator etiquette.
Much of the time I avoid the elevator for these reasons:
- The elevator is slow
- There are only four floors in my building
- No one seems to know how to practice elevator etiquette
Here's what happens: I'm in the elevator and it reaches my floor. I begin to exit said elevator when someone decides to get in.
So then I have to step out of the way, then step around the new person and catch the door before it closes.
Not cool right?
At first I apologized when this happened, assuming they just didn't see me exiting or something but not anymore.Now? Death stare.
And I think Yeah buddy, now you're getting the death stare. Because you don't know how to behave on an elevator.
I wasn't sure I wanted to admit this in case I was wrong so I did a bit of a Google investigation.
It didn't take much searching. Yup, I was right. It's rude.
But the fun doesn't end there, oh no. Actually this is quite a contentious topic! People feel strongly about how you should behave in an elevator. There are entire websites about it.
I'd link them but, well, I can't be bothered.
But here's one of the best “rules,” which showed up on a few pages. The issue of talking to people on the elevator.
It's a no-no.
Well, it's OK if you already know the person, but if you don't know the person apparently it's bad form to speak in the elevator.
I'm actually guilty of breaking this one. I thought it was called being friendly.
So…perhaps I'm that guy everyone dreads seeing on the elevator cause she talks. And they want to get back at me by blocking my elevator exit.
I probably deserve it.
