If you want to freak people out in an elevator, face the back wall.
10 thoughts on “Elevators”
Indeed. That totally weirds people out, for some reason. I often do it because I am contrary that way, or to continue speaking to someone I entered the elevator with.
I don’t like having anyone behind me in a small space, especially strangers; I would stand next to the door with my back to the front wall if that’s the only space available.
Of course, the need to let people get to the buttons would eventually shift the people next to me toward the back…
Fetal position on the floor… is that out of the question?
Almost nose to the seam between the doors, like a cat ready to pounce when they open!
Front row center.. how else are you going to greet new passengers when the doors open with a hearty “Welcome aboard! Call me Admiral!”, eh?
The elevator thing is almost a cliche. It always comes up in freshman psychology.
If you really want to freak someone out, go up to someone who’s doing it and say, “Is Prof. So-and-so teaching Psych 111 this year?”
This will not work for most people, but if you ask Einstein if the elevator is going up or down, that’ll freak him out.
Just speaking to people in elevators, for instance “I wonder why no one is allowed to talk in elevators”, is enough to freak out most people.
Speaking in the elevator is fine. It’s singing that gets distrurbs people. And playing the accordion.
Just try it.
I’ve found that farting is also frowned on, for some reason.
Indeed. That totally weirds people out, for some reason. I often do it because I am contrary that way, or to continue speaking to someone I entered the elevator with.
I don’t like having anyone behind me in a small space, especially strangers; I would stand next to the door with my back to the front wall if that’s the only space available.
Of course, the need to let people get to the buttons would eventually shift the people next to me toward the back…
Fetal position on the floor… is that out of the question?
Almost nose to the seam between the doors, like a cat ready to pounce when they open!
Front row center.. how else are you going to greet new passengers when the doors open with a hearty “Welcome aboard! Call me Admiral!”, eh?
The elevator thing is almost a cliche. It always comes up in freshman psychology.
If you really want to freak someone out, go up to someone who’s doing it and say, “Is Prof. So-and-so teaching Psych 111 this year?”
This will not work for most people, but if you ask Einstein if the elevator is going up or down, that’ll freak him out.
Just speaking to people in elevators, for instance “I wonder why no one is allowed to talk in elevators”, is enough to freak out most people.
Speaking in the elevator is fine. It’s singing that gets distrurbs people. And playing the accordion.
Just try it.
I’ve found that farting is also frowned on, for some reason.