Awkward lift moments

fonecrusher1 · 25-06-2010 12:57PM #1

What do you do for those few moments of awkwardness when travelling in lifts with complete strangers?
Or even worse, you hop into a lift at the workplace & you realise at the last second the only person there is someone you can't stand & the feeling is mutual.

This used to happen to me a lot at a place i used to work. Very annoying.

Dravokivich · 25-06-2010 12:58PM

Hum to the elevator music.

Nervous Wreck · 25-06-2010 12:59PM

Fart loud, laugh louder.

Duggy747 · 25-06-2010 01:02PM

You're on your own in the lift.

Hot girl comes in.

Somebody farts.

It wasn't you.

Wazdakka · 25-06-2010 01:04PM

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Minstrel27 · 25-06-2010 01:06PM

Stand and say nothing. It's not that hard really.

Cookie_Monster · 25-06-2010 01:07PM

try and push a button for a different floor without getting noticed, so hopefully they'll have to stop somewhere they didn't need to after you got off.

Boom_Bap · 25-06-2010 01:07PM

http://www.turoks.net/Cabana/FunThingsToDoInAnElevator.htm

My personal favorite is not facing the conventional way, stand with your back to the doors, makes life pretty awkward for everyone.

eightyfish · 25-06-2010 01:08PM

Reminds me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAItlPVbgic

fonecrusher1 · 25-06-2010 01:13PM

Minstrel27 wrote: »

Stand and say nothing. It's not that hard really.

Woah you got me there. Yowsers!!! You are so cool & awesome. awhh man im going to remember that. High 5!

Did you make this face;:rolleyes: as you typed that?

ballsymchugh · 25-06-2010 01:19PM

was in the library in college waiting for the lift with a bunch of guys from my class. 2 lifts arrive together so they all bundled into one, leaving me to go in the other lift which just had 2 girls in it, one of whom was gorgeous.
for the 20 seconds it took the lift to get to the ground floor, all i could hear was the guys in the other lift shouting 'ballsy is a prick, you bollox' etc. all i could do was bite my lip and not burst out laughing!

wijam · 25-06-2010 01:29PM

That Dara O'Briain click reminded me of the one below - would love to try this one in work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkSPUDpe0U8

stovelid · 25-06-2010 01:46PM

I once got into a lift in work years ago, reeking of drink from the night before and our CEO was in the lift, visiting from the states.

Minstrel27 · 25-06-2010 01:47PM

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Woah you got me there. Yowsers!!! You are so cool & awesome. awhh man im going to remember that. High 5!

Did you make this face;:rolleyes: as you typed that?

What's your problem?

Was I supposed to be witty when replying to your super awesome thread? It is a shame that you didn't follow this code of practice yourself.

Fittle · 25-06-2010 01:49PM

Always take out the moby and pretend to text.....happens every day in my job...one particular guy (who probably feels more awkward than me) actually stands with his back to the other person in the lift and hums....
Hmmm..hmm..hmm

Dancor · 25-06-2010 01:50PM

While not paying attention you get off at the wrong floor, by the time you realise your mistake the lift door is closing and everybody begins laughing while you try to cathh it.

RachPie · 25-06-2010 01:50PM

Yes. And you suddenly become really interested in the buttons all of a sudden, or whip your phone out.

Abrasax · 25-06-2010 01:51PM

I always smile at the other people and say hello, try and get a bit craic going.

pearliefan · 25-06-2010 02:24PM

Dravokivich wrote: »

Hum to the elevator music.

This one is my favourite. I'm actually laughing at the thought!

mathie · 25-06-2010 02:25PM

Was in a lift once with my hot friend.
This guy got in and we were going to get it on with him until we heard his mates in the next lift acting like kids.

thebigbiffo · 25-06-2010 02:28PM

someone farts in a lift, gets off, you call it, step in, almost gag with the smell, next floor up/down hot girl gets in and you end up blubbering 'it wasn't me'...no one ever believes ya

BBDBB · 25-06-2010 02:29PM

get a bit of an auld sing song going ya bunch of miseries:D

Banned Account · 25-06-2010 02:31PM

Fittle wrote: »

Always take out the moby ...one particular guy (who probably feels more awkward than me) actually stands with his back to the other person in the lift ...
Hmmm

:eek:where the feck do you work

Abrasax · 25-06-2010 02:38PM

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Fart loud, laugh louder.

The ould' farts can lead to awkwardness...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu6QBoDPw9U

Radharc na Sleibhte · 25-06-2010 02:42PM

I don't think Ive ever been in a lift for more than four stops, so I just walk in with my bottle of water and throw it about a bit.

Banned Account · 25-06-2010 02:47PM

I satyed on the 42nd floor of a Shanghai Hotel for a few days and the lift always had a really old western guy with his hands on the ass of a really young chinese girl - every friggin' time i got in (different people - same craic) they were long and awkward lift moments.

no1beemerfan · 25-06-2010 02:53PM

I jump up and down to make it go faster. Did you ever jump really high in a lift when its going down? Deadly craic!

EL_Loco · 25-06-2010 02:57PM

People talking to you while you're still on the lift as they got off and the doors are closing, Jesus, get it all out of the way in the lift, say goodbye and walk out. lift Protocol fail.

and what's worse, your response while still in the lift is something woeful like "heeeeh ok". You know sound like an idiot and the people still in the lift are only dying to repeat back to you "heeeeeh ok, hahaha" bastids!!!!

love lifts.