Monday, September 29, 2008

...When You Want To Board The Elevator

How many times do you just wish people would just practice some common courtesies while taking the elevator? Here are 10 good commandments to put up on your office pantry for everyone to follow!

1) Thou shalt not fart.

2) Thou shalt not attempt to board elevator before previous passengers have disembarked. The universe does not revolve around you.

3) Thou shalt not press button for wrong floor without acting appropriately ashamed as elevator stops and doors open then shut without anyone leaving.

4) Thou shall take the stairs if travelling between one or two floors, lest incur the wrath of those traveling to the 20th floor whose trips are delayed due to your laziness.

5) Thou shall hold the door for others running to catch the carriage.

6) However, thou shalt not hold the door indefinitely and delay travel for other passengers.

7) Thou shall wait for empty carriage if thou is sick. If that proves impossible, thou shall refrain from coughing/sneezing/etc. for duration of ride, even if this means thou's face turns bright red and thou feels like dying.

8) Thou shall give others their personal space in an uncrowded elevator.

9) Thou shalt not call out their floor to the person standing nearest the buttons as if that person is the lift operator. If there is space to do so, thou shalt press button thyself.

10) Thou shalt not carry on personal conversations, be they person-to-person or via cellular phone. Thine elevator is not thine phone booth.

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