Comments on: Holding the Door

By: Marshall Banana

Marshall Banana — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:31:27 +0000

And another thing… if I’m running to reach an elevator, or shout for someone to hold the door.. it means I need to get where I’m going as quickly as possible. Not only am I going to stick my hand in the door, i’m gonna be pissed at the pompous jerk who decided it was more important for him to reach his destination than it was for me to reach mine.

By: Marshall Banana

Marshall Banana — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:24:43 +0000

If you’re by the door and there’s room… hold it… if someone else has a problem with it… maybe they should embrace some patience. I don’t think anyone would run towards a door unless they felt some sense of urgency. Making no attempt to let them on is like saying that they aren’t a good enough judge of how quickly they need to reach their destination.

By: delish

delish — Thu, 10 May 2007 12:32:34 +0000

what are your thoughts on a situation where an elevator door is closing and someone sticks their hand in to force it to open to allow them on??

By: Died while waiting

Died while waiting — Mon, 07 May 2007 18:47:17 +0000

It is not all right to hold the evelvator, even if the car is empty or all current passengers agree. There ARE people waiting on other floors for the darn thing to get to them.
I work in a two floor, one elevator building where the only stairs require a key to go up. I’ve waited for minutes on end while someone upstairs finished a conversation before finally getting on the evelator.

By: David

David — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:40:40 +0000

I particularly like to hold the door for women running to catch the car so I can watch their boobs bounce. Then I move to the back after they enter so I can look at their butt during the ride. Courtesy certainly has its advantages.

By: HELLevator operator

HELLevator operator — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:45:39 +0000

avoid holding the open button for people running to the elevator. you just might save someone from an early death as the cables snap and you in the elevator wait as you go plunge to your selfish deaths…

By: Anya

Anya — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:39:54 +0000

Initially I thought the no holding rule quite bizarre, but then I realised have never been in an elevator where people are in such a hurry. In department store lifts, people in the lift are only shopping and they can wait if someone wants to get on. I have never been in a lift that goes up more than 5 floors so I can’t voice my opinion on big office blocks (though surely it can’t be too disruptive to wait). Hospitals, maybe it would be a good plan to make them wait for the next lift. There are a lot of them, after all. But then again, even my local hospital cant be more than 15 stories (but I’m only ever on the seventh floor there, which is curiously the floor above the entrance :s).

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:17:24 +0000

What’s interesting about most of these elevator rules is that the equally apply to riding the subway–don’t hold the door, let people out first, etc. I find elevator etiquette is much worse in places (i.e., most of the country) where there’s no public transit by rail.

By: Farley

Farley — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:56:10 +0000

Disagree on this. If someone is running for the elevator it’s ruder to let a door slam in someone’s face than to delay the car six seconds. C’mon, there isn’t time to get a consensus. As far as the invisible people waiting on other floors, overall the time saved not having to send the car back to get one person is worth the delay.

By: dnice dude

dnice dude — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:20:56 +0000

don’t mind holding for a mobil limited person…..door close fast these days. Older person can’t hear or see the signal very well. So I just direct them to the vator and then hold the door for them….piss people off? Too Bad. Wait till you are old and decrepit.