Elevator stories #8: Push the button. Once.

I really want to talk to this guy who works in the other wing of our floor. I don’t know his name but I’ve had my eye on him for quite some time now, especially whenever I’m by the elevators. His lack of elevator manners infuriates me and this is exacerbated by the way he lumbers around. Arms and legs all [...]

Elevator stories #7: In, out or DIE

The fun I have in elevators has no limits and could very well border on the sociopathic.
During dinner break, I was in a lift with several other work colleagues. We were on our way to the building canteen for some dirt cheap dinner. True to form, meals there are known to taste a little bit like [...]

Elevator stories #6: Super Door Opening Powers

With as few as 5 inches left between the closing doors, I stuck my arm in the space between to the astonishment of the tourist who had stopped short. He had just resigned himself to looking on helplessly when I rushed in with my victorious arm. I heard the man gasp in awe and mutter [...]

Elevator stories #5: Wrong floor

On my daily afternoon break, I came across three silly girls. They looked like job seekers fresh out of college: intimidated, clueless and unprepared. They were giggling like a bevy of schoolgirls on recess. They also seemed like close friends sharing an adventure. Good attitude. They bumped into me, well they were bumping into everyone [...]

Elevator stories #4: Goodies and a can of Sprite

Yesterday during our break, I met Hairboy outside across the building for a smoke. He’s leaving in January! So many people are leaving the company this month and next month too, but there are loads of newly hired…hirelings. Hihihi. Anyway afterwards we went to the building canteen to get something to eat. Nothing ever looks [...]

Elevator stories #3: Elevator code of honor

From the moment I board the elevator in our building, it takes me less than 10 seconds to get to my floor. In a matter of a few seconds, complete strangers are forced into a common (yet very unnatural) environment. They are suspended in time with nowhere else to go, temporarily trapped in a box [...]

Elevator stories #2: Elevator and music

I was on my break earlier and I got in an elevator headed towards the ground floor. Strange that it is called an elevator, considering that it doesn’t just go up. Anyway, it was semi full and people were respectfully silent except for one man who must have been playing his music at full volume, [...]

Elevator stories #1: Elevator action

Nono not the videogame, but now that I’ve mentioned it, wasn’t that game amazing? Hehe I just came across a free download of it. I haven’t decided if I want to risk installing it yet.
Anyway that reminds me of my minor mishap earlier this evening. I was coming back to work from my dinner break [...]