elevatory annoyance

[keryx]

I work on the 4th floor now, which is officially the number of flights of stairs I am too impatient to climb. So. I take the elevator more often than not.

Invariably I get in the elevator with a couple of guys, end up in the back because they insist I enter first, then have to wait for them to carefully step to the side when we all get to our floor... so they can again insist that I leave first.

This is mind-bendingly inefficient. And then! I feel obligated to say thank you, because that is the agreed upon polite response to someone holding the door. Grr.

Comments

[peregrin8.livejournal.com]

When the door-holding is that unhelpful and antiquated, I generally replace the "thank you" with a pleasant but bemused smile, as if I had just come across a gentleman in a top hat riding a pennyfarthing.

[keryx.livejournal.com]

That's a fantastic response! My "thank you" tends to come with an ironic laugh or a slight eyeroll, but I like your approach better.