RANT! Elevator Etiquette

[mazdamazda]

1. People who try to get in before you get out. This is just plain rude. Ang ginagawa ko minsan ay to stand in the middle of the elevator door para lalo lang sila mahirapan.

2. People who take "round trips". Kapag pupunta ako sa basement level, yung ibang tao sa ground floor eh sasakay na. Kapag pababa naman at rush hour (lunchtime or uwian), yung iba sumasakay na paakyat pa lang ng elevator... so puno na siya pagbaba. Both instances causes delays.

3. People who hog the space near the floor selector buttons. Andaming ganito! Parang yun ang fave spot. Kapag ako ang napwesto malapit dun, I leave a 1 foot space so that people can easily press their desired floor. Yung iba naman kapag nakita ung 1 foot gap na yun eh pumipilit na sumingit pa. Sheesh.

4. People who stand near the door but don't give way to disembarking passengers.

5. People who don't want to move the rear portion. Minsan maluwag pa sa bandang likod ayaw man lamang gumalaw.

Andami pa... hehehe...

[1D4LV]

1. people who press down or up, but when the elevator stops at their floor, they don't go in. daming ganyan dito sa rcbc plaza.

2. group of people riding with you who talks like they don't give a damn who is with them inside the elevators. true for call center peeps here at the rcbc plaza. tropa-tropa, mga nagsisigawan pa.

3. people who fart inside elevators
4. people riding with you who smells "amoy-araw...."
5. related to item 4..... you are riding the elevator with an arab or with an indian...
6. people who unload their garbage inside the elevators - again, with some isolated cases at the rcbc plaza.
7. there are two of you in the elevator, and the other one is a big papsi (bakla).

other elevator rants....

1. slow elevators.
2. slow elevators while you are waiting at the ground floor....your office is at the 30th floor. and you are late....
3. slow elevators while you are waiting at the ground floor....your office is at the 30th floor, and your boss keeps calling you because you have a network crash....
4. being trapped in an elevator in the middle of the 20th and the 21st floor.
5. being trapped in an elevator in the middle of the 5th and the 6th floor, and the emergency button or the intercom is not working... (happened to me na.... -> vicente madrigal building...)
6. elevator too fast, as if humuhuni tenga mo, parang you are inside a plane which is taking off.
7. being trapped in the elevator with item 7, above.

[mazdamazda]

people who press down or up, but when the elevator stops at their floor, they don't go in. daming ganyan dito sa rcbc plaza.

dito rin... buset.

yung 3 elevators dito upto 26th floor... yung mga tao sa 25th floor... amp! laging pinipindot na "up" eh hindi naman sila sasakay. lech.

o kaya minsan... mag press ng up/down... then ang tagal sumakay... nakikipag chikahan pa... tapos i hold pa yung elevator... tapos biglang hindi na raw siya sasakay.

[jagxtrm]

dito rin... buset.

yung 3 elevators dito upto 26th floor... yung mga tao sa 25th floor... amp! laging pinipindot na "up" eh hindi naman sila sasakay. lech.

hahaha ...
baka intindi nila sa pag-press ng UP eh para UMAKYAT yng elevator sa floor nila galing sa baba!!!

[aceshark]

3. people who fart inside elevators

hanggang ngayon misteryo pa rin to... kung bakit hindi mapigil yung ut*t hanggang makalabas na ng elevator.

[oldblue]

hanggang ngayon misteryo pa rin to... kung bakit hindi mapigil yung ut*t hanggang makalabas na ng elevator.

maybe it has something to do with center of gravity or something

[Jun aka Pekto]

3. people who fart inside elevators

Sorry to say. But, I've been guilty of that before. I can't help it. But I seem to get the urge at the least desireable times like elevators and when I was in college, standing room only inside a St Rafael bus with beautiful chicks sitting down next to me. I was so embarrased even though the first person to catch a whiff would be several seats downwind......... Must be because of the bus jostling my stomach after eating arroz caldo and "pis bol" at the eateries across Manila City hall (near Mapua)

Oh yea. I was an arroz caldo and fishball junkie back then.

Edit: I remember the St. Rafael bus incident well because there was a bunch of pissed off frat guys near the back who caught my full whiff...... I had to keep keep a poker face because they might see it was me. But, I normally grin like an idiot after passing gas and suppressing it just made more gas.

[ts1n1ta]

2. People who take "round trips". Kapag pupunta ako sa basement level, yung ibang tao sa ground floor eh sasakay na. Kapag pababa naman at rush hour (lunchtime or uwian), yung iba sumasakay na paakyat pa lang ng elevator... so puno na siya pagbaba. Both instances causes delays.

argghh true!

isa pa... pupunuin yung elevator after one floor, magbababaan lahat. Arggghhh. If one could take the stairs, please TAKE the stairs! (shempre case to case to)

[jim]

ayaw ko sa lahat ay yung hino-hold yung elevator may hinihintay kahit naga-alarm na

[scarab]

ayaw ko sa lahat ay yung hino-hold yung elevator may hinihintay kahit naga-alarm na

....arrggghhh i really hate that lalo na't imbes na bilisan eh ambagal pa kumilos. and same with HG's #2 (sa BCT naman ako), may mga tao na akala mo kausap nila lahat ng nakasakay sa elevator.

[BoyFerrari]

ayaw ko sa lahat ay yung hino-hold yung elevator may hinihintay kahit naga-alarm na

That's my only pet-peeve with elevator experiences. People who carry-on a conversation with those outside while holding up the elevator doors!

At syempre, the worst of all: psychos or punks na nag-trip pindutin lahat ng floors after disembarking.

[cardo]

in china some people spit inside the elevator, ew! yuck

[ghalid]

in china some people spit inside the elevator, ew! yuck

di lang spit bro.. as in dahak (yuck) makikita mo minsan sa elevator dito sa china..

[ghalid]

in china some people spit inside the elevator, ew! yuck

di lang simpleng dura bro.. pero dahak (yuck) makikita mo minsan sa elevator dito sa china..

[number001]

in china some people spit inside the elevator, ew! yuck

Would you believe those in China do more than spit inside the elevator. They defecate and urinate right inside. This is not first hand experience but rather I read it from the Wall Street Journal or Time.

[kimpOy]

nung sumakay ako ng elevator na pansin ko lahat ng floor na may nag pindot...so every floor laging bumubukas...

[need4speed]

be glad you haven't come across someone who does an elevator hack to skip floors... hehehe!

most especially if you're inside the elevator with them...

[Altis6453]

Sa condo...people with kids who use their shoes to "stamp" their mark on the elevator walls and door. di manlang pagsabihan ang anak. tsk! tsk!

[ess]

People who take the elevator just to go up or down 1 floor. Lazy bastards! They should take the stairs.

[Yoda]

People who take the elevator just to go up or down 1 floor. Lazy bastards! They should take the stairs.

I hate this myself, but in some if not most cases, hindi pinapayagan ng building admin pagamit yung stairs. It's strictly for emergencies only. Probably because they put lesser security features (cameras, alarms, etc.) there. Regardless, nakakabuset pa rin, makikita mo na "next stop floor 30" (floor ko yun), tapos biglang magiging "28". Yung sumakay ng 28, bababa sa 29.