Elevate

I work on the 11th floor...which means that I have to ride the elevator several times a day. I've discovered that I don't like riding the elevator. I don't like 'push the close door button 10 times really fast guy' or 'take the elevator up 1 floor woman.' I find it odd that people you don't know share things with you when you are alone with them (e.g., "I really don't want to go to my kid's performance this weekend").

To honor my daily routine, I thought I'd share some elevator etiquette, courtesy of the state, with you.

• Whether you're entering or exiting, whoever's in front goes first. Move to the back to make room for more people.
• If the car's crowded, ask someone to push the button for your floor.
• Keep elevator conversations to simple greetings and comments. And don't talk business unless you and your co-worker are alone between floors.
• Put your cell-phone calls on hold until you get to your floor.
• Resist the urge to preen in the mirror.
• Wait until people get off the elevator before trying to get on to the elevator.
• If the elevator door is closing, do not put you hand in the door to stop it, wait for the next elevator.
• Do not keep pushing the elevator call button once it is pushed. The elevator will not arrive faster.
• If the elevator is full, wait for the next elevator.
• If your floor will be the last to be reached step to the back of the elevator cab.

All this elevator talk gives me the opportunity to post perhaps my favorite Sesame Street sketch.