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1 posted on 05/29/2009 7:47:10 AM PDT by yankeedame
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Simpler reason: To avoid awkward stares at others, in a confined space?


2 posted on 05/29/2009 7:50:45 AM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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I met an old lady who got in the elevator on the second floor, pressed all the buttons from the third through the 22nd floor, and got out on the third floor with a grin on her face.

I wonder if this was before, or after, she went through the building ringing doorbells and running? No doubt she voted for Obama.

3 posted on 05/29/2009 7:52:21 AM PDT by HerrBlucher
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Generally, I’ll either stare directly at the eyes of the other person or share an embarrassing personal story.


4 posted on 05/29/2009 7:53:01 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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why does the link go to a smiley gif?
...

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/ftf-mastripieri/


5 posted on 05/29/2009 7:53:38 AM PDT by apollo861 (I am so gonna swallow your soul.)
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why does the link go to a smiley gif?
...

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/ftf-mastripieri/


6 posted on 05/29/2009 7:53:39 AM PDT by apollo861 (I am so gonna swallow your soul.)
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Elevators are relatively recent inventions, but the social challenges they pose are nothing new. Close proximity to other people in restricted spaces is a situation that has occurred millions of times in the history of humankind.

Interesting article. As someone who has worked in tall buildings for some years, I strongly disagree with the notion that people act out of "fear" when they are in close proximity to others like this.

I think the single biggest reason why people act disinterested and detached in an elevator is that we don't like being in close proximity to others unless it is on "our own terms." In other words, we act the same way in an elevator that we do while walking down a corridor in a shopping mall. We ignore the people around us and pretend they don't exist because we simply don't know them . . . and their presence has nothing to do with what we're shopping for.

For some evidence of this, just get on an elevator in a building where one tenant occupies the entire building. People will usually act much different in this kind of situation. Even if they get on an elevator with someone they don't know, they're far more likely to engage them in random conversation during the elevator ride -- because they know up front that they have something in common.

7 posted on 05/29/2009 7:54:48 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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sorry, dbl posted.


8 posted on 05/29/2009 7:54:49 AM PDT by apollo861 (I am so gonna swallow your soul.)
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9 posted on 05/29/2009 7:55:15 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( Don't mess with the mockingbird! /\/\ http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
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I hate chimpanzees.... vicious animals.
10 posted on 05/29/2009 7:55:17 AM PDT by diamond6 (Is SIDS preventable? www.Stopsidsnow.com)
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Or we are just preoccupied somewhat with our own matters, and don’t really want to talk to strangers or stare at them.

There’s not much places to stare at in the first place..


13 posted on 05/29/2009 7:59:15 AM PDT by apollo861 (I am so gonna swallow your soul.)
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pile of assumptive psychobabble bull.


14 posted on 05/29/2009 8:01:08 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out (click my name)
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A does X
B does X

B doing X doesn’t necesarily come as a result of A doing X, it’s because both desire the same result that occurs after doing X.


15 posted on 05/29/2009 8:01:50 AM PDT by villagerjoel (1. Impliment socialist policies 2. ??? 3. Heaven on earth)
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>Once, on the way up to my apartment, I met an old lady who got in the elevator on the second floor, pressed all the buttons from the third through the 22nd floor, and got out on the third floor with a grin on her face.

The best part of the article... and, coincidentally, the most verifiable.


17 posted on 05/29/2009 8:03:55 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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"Everybody's been real nice."

20 posted on 05/29/2009 8:07:18 AM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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Similarly, when male chimpanzees in Uganda encounter a male from another group, they slash his throat and rip his testicles off — just in case he survives and has any future ambitions for reproduction.

That's why I don't ride elevators.
23 posted on 05/29/2009 8:10:32 AM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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“If there are two people in an elevator, and one of them farts - everybody knows who did it!” - George Carlin


26 posted on 05/29/2009 8:16:54 AM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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I guess I’m an anomaly: I never look at the elevator floor.


27 posted on 05/29/2009 8:20:06 AM PDT by r9etb
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Fun with elevators I have done.

When entering a crowded elevator instead of turning around to look at the door, stand with back against door and look at crowd.

Stand in back corner, moan, bang head against the wall saying “must stop the music”. Crowded elevator gets empty fast.

Get on elevator and stand and stare at the back wall like it’s a door. The less people on the elevator the more chance of the other person also staring at the back wall. Works even better if other people are in on it and back wallers outnumber front doorers.

When on a long trip going up jump when the elevator stops at the top. When going down lift arms in the air like on a roller coaster. Shout WHHEEEEEE! in both directions.

Sniff the air and step away from everyone else. Even if there is no offending scents. People will tend to make up an offending scent even if one doesn’t exist.


28 posted on 05/29/2009 8:25:25 AM PDT by Domandred (Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
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The fact is, if there’s a mirrored ceiling, it’s sometimes possible to look down into some cleavage. Or check my own bald spot.


31 posted on 05/29/2009 8:33:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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Because nobody wants to take credit for that weapons-grade flatulence attack.


35 posted on 05/29/2009 8:39:08 AM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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