Lift etiquette

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@HybridX - Rooftop hot tub / smoking terrace. What do I win?

Up and down 2 floors in a lift is a waste of everyone's time. There can't be a set formula though, as you might have to carry heavy things. The lifts are there to be used for everyone, so aside from withering looks, there's not much the OP can do to effect change.

The ABSOLUTE WORST is pressing the up and down button at the same time.
 
When I first went to college back in the day because of my disability, and had to reach the level 6 of the building, I was given a key to unlock the lift. I had to put the key in, turn it, then press the lift button.

Let's just say I gained a lot of new friends in the class when I'd bump in to them downstairs :) I didn't mind as it was giving me some social status in the group.

But when I went visiting the college a few years later the key system had been removed and anyone could use the lift.
 
Only 3 floors in our building, and I never take the lift, extra exercise is extra exercise!

I'm also one of those weirdos who walks up/down escalators.
 
Socialise in a lift? I can't think of anything worse, and I'm always up for a bit of chat lol
 
The number one rule of lift etiquette is don’t get caught sniffing women’s hair. It’s very awkward.
 
bobboberts said:
I work in a building with a lot of floors so the morning lifts can get cosy. A reasonable number of people get in the lift to go to the first and second floors and it got me wondering - outside of any medical reason not to, should people not just walk up the stairs (for the first floor, at least)? It's even odder when people do this on the way home (when it probably would be quicker to go down the stairs).

So what do people think about this, is it poor form? Laziness? Perfectly fine? What's your own personal limit for going up stairs?
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I prefer to take the stairs but a mate at work likes to take the lift. So every morning when coming into and at night when leaving i take the stairs at lunchtimes i take the lift if he is in.

it's just pure laziness. he blames it on his bad knee which IMO isn't that bad.
 
tom_nieto said:
@HybridX - Rooftop hot tub / smoking terrace. What do I win?

Up and down 2 floors in a lift is a waste of everyone's time. There can't be a set formula though, as you might have to carry heavy things. The lifts are there to be used for everyone, so aside from withering looks, there's not much the OP can do to effect change.

The ABSOLUTE WORST is pressing the up and down button at the same time.
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dowie said:
"work your way down" - that's ambiguous - do you mean via lift or starts? You only mention stairs specifically at the end.

My first guess is you work in a post room on the 1st floor? Or maybe you're in some sort of maintenance role and and need to do something a floor at a time starting at the top?

My second guess is you're too cheap for a gym membership but too lazy to go up the stairs and "work your way down" means you run down the stairs starting form the top???

My third guess is you really really like sliding down bannisters but your wife won't let you do it at home and so you get in super early and then you have a whole building's worth of bannisters to slide down a floor at a time.

My last guess is slinky's... the big spring like toys that were popular in the 80s/90s... you get in super early and you set one off at the top of the building and then watch it go all the way down, adjusting it floor by floor.

So what is it damn it.. give me an answer now! (is that unreasonable enough?) :)
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lol both wrong.... it's for the most British of reasons. The canteen is on the top floor and i go get my morning Earl Grey as soon as i set foot in the building and then walk down the stairs to the floor I work on.

Side note i will take the lift if i see one of the managers in it and she got stuck in the lift 2-3 years ago for 6 hours so she isn't a fan of them but still uses it. If i see her in it i jump in and "bounce" the lift while we're in it..... she gets so mad at me :D
 
TNGL said:
It isn't perfectly fine, it is the absolute pinnacle of laziness and should not be normalised. If I could re-programme the way our lift system works (you select your floor on a touchpad and it assigns a lift to you based on how busy it is), I would put anybody seeking a < 3-floor transition to the bottom of the priority list.
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This. Up or down 2 floors and use your legs. 3 floors or more then the lift is allowed. Regarding the disabled comments, they could use a key or card similar to what they use for disabled toilets. Perhaps even the same key if it's a standard up and down the UK.

Ayahuasca said:
Letting out the previous nights tandoori in them is proper etiquette.
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And this. But the above rule still applies, so that the unsuspecting bystanders must endure it for at least 3 floors :D
 
People can be lazy. I live on the third floor of a flat (3 floors, 2 flats per floor), and my neighbours always take the lift, I've never seen them walk up or down the stairs. They are overweight.

Not that it makes any difference to me if they use it or not, I don't use the lift.
 
Laziness, that and ease of use. Same reason people take escalators to go up one flight as opposed to the stairs
 
Certainly lazy to take the lift to the first couple of floors if you’re able. But many people are lazy, so it’s unsurprising.
 
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