would you take the stairs if someone was outside the lift waiting to use it?

barone

i get this all the time,and im not intimidating,nor do i smell or and obscenly ugly..my spelling is bad alright..

im standing out side the lift waiting to use it,someone approaches and obviously wants to use the lift but take the stairs instead,is it a personal space thing? a time constraint thing?.. i see it weekly,men and women..

which do you do? and why?

Magic Eight Ball

barone wrote: »

i get this all the time,and im not intimidating,nor do i smell or and obscenly ugly..my spelling is bad alright..

im standing out side the lift waiting to use it,someone approaches and obviously wants to use the lift but take the stairs instead,is it a personal space thing? a time constraint thing?.. i see it weekly,men and women..

which do you do? and why?

It's a BO thing.

Mint Sauce

I'd probably take the stairs reglardless if it was anything less than a few floors.

Juicyfruit

Yep, do it all the time!

Most awkward and uncomfortable experience ever, is the lift.

face1990

I don't think i'ts anything personal. Often if I'm in any kind of hurry, if the lift isn't there right away I'd rather take the stairs.

If you're only going a couple of floors then it's not worth waiting more than a few seconds for the lift.

michelledoh

I think its a combination of impatience aand wanting to avoid the awkward uneasy silence while waiting for the lift! I wouldn't take it personal if i were you!

petes

barone wrote: »

my spelling is bad alright..

It's your bad spelling, they can't stand it!!

PaudyW

if the lift is nt there ill just head for the stairs, never wait

phasers

I only take the lift if I have a trolley or a buggy or something with me.

barone

michelledoh wrote: »

I think its a combination of impatience aand wanting to avoid the awkward uneasy silence while waiting for the lift! I wouldn't take it personal if i were you!

think you hit the nail on the head, i dont take it personal btw, i just see it more than most because i go in and out of buildings all day (postie),and the mannerisms are usually the same..look at lift, see someone waiting,take the stairs.. and if they do take the lift...usualy silence,head down..or pretend txt on phone lol.

IamtheWalrus

If you are on your own you can go straight to your floor. If you get in the lift with another person, you potentially have to stop at their floor, wait til they get pout, more people pile in, wasting your time.

Azureus

Unless the lift is ready to go when I walk by I'll always take the stairs.
I try take the stairs all the time now as my apartment is on the fourth floor and its a nice way to get a bit of exercise into my day if im coming home from a day at work sitting behind the desk !

barone

Azureus wrote: »

Unless the lift is ready to go when I walk by I'll always take the stairs.
I try take the stairs all the time now as my apartment is on the fourth floor and its a nice way to get a bit of exercise into my day if im coming home from a day at work sitting behind the desk !

i do the opposite when im at work lol,do enough walking and cycling,i curse stairs at work and frown upon out of order signs on lifts..

blackdog2

Grab the lift, and expel waste air. Its my own personal space in there, like a toilet cubicle

ejmaztec

If you've been trapped in a lift for eight hours, and one of the occupants is a thirty stone fat guy with dysentery, you tend to take the stairs afterwards.

questionmark?

I work on the fifth floor and at 8 in the morning i couldnt be arsed with the extra effort of walking up the stairs.

Dangerdunf

My most awkward moment ever was in a lift. Me and 2 strangers in a small lift and to break the silence I asked "Anyone going out tonight?" Didnt get a reply, so now I always take the stairs!

xoxyx

I always take the stairs if there's a stranger waiting for the lift. I just can't stand the awkward silences and always end up blurting out something stupid to fill them.

No, apparently I'm not capable of chatting about the weather. I HAVE to mention my love for milk or a funny shaped bruise I saw recently or something else equally stupid.

kfallon

Prefer the stairs if it's only a couple of flights! No problem getting into the lift with strangers, I just don't speak to them, why would I? It's like the fools in the bookies who try talk to you, yes we're in the same shop and we're both betting but I don't care if you've been unlucky in that last race. I wouldn't walk around Tesco randomly talking to shoppers I don't know. They are strangers so I have nothing to say to them!

HeisenbergBB

I wouldnt take it personally. Unless the lift is ready I'd generally take the stairs.

The King of Moo

I think they'd just feel awkward, though it wouldn't bother me. Reminds me of something similar that happens on buses a lot. Someone has to sit beside you due to a lack of seats, then a lot of people get off (say for example in Dublin city centre on a bus also going to the airport). They then move to a free seat for the last short part of the trip.
The thing is, I'd probably think they were weird if they continued to sit beside me on an almost empty bus (especially if we hadn't chatted, which, me being an anti-social bastid, is the norm). But I also can't help wondering to myself a little bit if they were dying to get away from me personally.

Tonyandthewhale

ejmaztec wrote: »

If you've been trapped in a lift for eight hours, and one of the occupants is a thirty stone fat guy with dysentery, you tend to take the stairs afterwards.

Hey, you were no picnic either you know!

chimpo85

The library at Uni here has 9 different levels... It all depends on how my day is going! If im in the library all day and on the 6th floor, i couldnt be arsed trudging down 7 flights of stairs to get a coffee and then doing the same back up. I usually set myself a minimum of 2 levels or more for lift use. I have no problems sharing the lift though, especially with a 'lovely girl'...of which there are plenty here!