And then when the elevator door opens, they ask the people inside: "Are you going up or down?" There's an arrow showing that, for Christ's sake.

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wpm 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah and you can flail your head around looking for the arrow or you can just ask. Especially on a busy elevator lobby there might be multiple cars opening at the same time so you cant even tell from the ding/ding-ding

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themaninthedark 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

True but sometimes someone hits a button on the inside by mistake. Or someone was going to get off then decides not to.

	▲	SoMomentary 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Sometimes I think "stupid" questions like these are just a way to break the ice, something that gets used to kindly acknowledge the momentary existence of others in our lives before we continue down our separate paths.
	▲	deathanatos 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		… and the elevator is still going the way it is going, and that way is still indicated by the illuminated arrow.

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gabrieledarrigo 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are."

	▲	GurnBlandston an hour ago \| parent [-]
		"Have you stopped urinating in public?"