Elevator button rant

[Lammarite]

.......also not happy if I am carrying the baby and the doors slam on my shoulders.

Don't start me on people holding doors open for a millisecond longer than they need to get through themselves when you are trying to get through with a pram!!

[dropdedfwed]

The new immigrants are usually the worst - newly arrived gweilos don't know that they should be careful at the doors and recently moved-in mainlanders have too much of their eat-or-become-eaten habits printed to their nerve system - hence the need for instructions that look they're for 3-year olds.

this whole mainlander thing makes me larf... if anyone in HK has some social behavior trait that may be deemed unusual/inappropriate, they instantly gain a mainlander tag. My o' my, there must be a LOT of mainlanders in HK...

(runs for cover)

[discobay]

My office is also full of MVs

[goodkarma]

If you say anything to the person with the finger glued to the DC button everyone pretends like nothing has happened. Locals have an amazing ability to remain deadpan when something is going awry.

[beafan]

aiya! finally a thread about this bs

i tried to tell my coworker from b4 NOT TO CLOSE THE FREAKING ELEVATOR DOOR unless u're ABSOLUTELY SURE nobody is behind u coming in. she just plainly replied me "oh that's my habit, i get in the elevator and press close"
i'm like F*** u dont do that ppl get squished. esp those old elevators that dont have those door sensors. THIS TOTALLY PISSES ME OFF. my shoulder got pretty bruised up cuz some idiot closed the freaking door on me when he SAW ME COMING.

[siumai]

My o' my, there must be a LOT of mainlanders in HK...

(runs for cover)

Yup, especially when you count Kowloon as Mainland...

[pin]

Man, people have WAY too much time on their hands to be moaning about this!!

I have adopted the policy that if someone is running for the elavator i will keep it open to let them in, regardless of how many people in the elavator it annoys.

[climber07]

The new immigrants are usually the worst - newly arrived gweilos don't know that they should be careful at the doors and recently moved-in mainlanders have too much of their eat-or-become-eaten habits printed to their nerve system - hence the need for instructions that look they're for 3-year olds.

Perhaps you're right, but do you really think that the newly arrived "gweilos" don't realise that they have to "Mind the Gap"??? Believe it or not, there are subways in Europe, America & Australia.

It's probably more likely that many locals got themeslved killed trying to force themselves into the closing MTR doors, rather than "unimaginable" 2 minute wait for the next one! Luckily, there is a second set of doors these days and a glass barrier.

Even is the signs are for mainland immigrants, I still enjoy them:
















And finally my favorite sign from Outback steakhouse:

[beachball]

So, back to the original question: What is wrong with pressing the 'Close Door' button, as long as nobody is approaching the elevator or caught in the doors?
Seems to me to be the normal thing to do...

[climber07]

So, back to the original question: What is wrong with pressing the 'Close Door' button, as long as nobody is approaching the elevator or caught in the doors?
Seems to me to be the normal thing to do...

Yes, enjoy the extra 1.2 seconds saved!