Elevator Awkwardness

So I just had a wickedly awkward elevator experience.  I'm close to the top of our building (22nd floor) and I was in the elevator that goes from the ground level to the 20th floor.  There are 4 elevators that go that route and I happened to get the one that continually breaks and now it is super slow.  So, I'm standing there with a complete stranger and I was thinking about how we are total strangers standing in either a tiny room or a giant box, depending on perspective.  The awkwardness of this situation struck me as funny and I almost laughed out loud.  Then I thought about how unbelievably awkward it would be if I just started laughing for no reason and that thought completely made me laugh uncontrollably.  So now this guys is stuck on a super slow elevator (tiny room) with a laughing idiot.  Fucking awkward as planned.  To make matters worse, after we get off at the 20th floor, we both had to get onto the second elevator to take us to the upper floors.  I didn't laugh on that one. 
Timbo on

There are 26 floors in my apartment building.  Everyone in the building follows an unspoken code of elevator etiquette to eliminate the awkwardness.    You start the elevator ride with a smile and a “Hello”.  That is it!!!  You go with the “Hello” because there is no need for any type of response from the other person besides “Hello”.  A greeting of “How are you?” may launch a conversation you don’t have any desire to be in.  When getting off the elevator it’s again a smile and a ”Have a good one!”.   This response again could mean anything and again leaves no room for any type of conversation.

 

 

bkro9 on
Ha! He must have been thinking, wtf is wrong with this guy? Love it. The other day someone offered me a mini oreo in the elevator. A total stranger. I didn't take it but it was a refreshing moment.
phoenix on
Everyone should do the total opposite of what people in Timbo's building do.  lol...Start making up their own language and speaking it like aliens.  Like in the Star Wars bar scene. Now that would be funny. 
Timbo on
The problem with getting into a conversation on an elevator is you are about to get off it.   Most likely on a different floor then the other person.   What then happens is you have this akward moment of how to end the conversation before one person gets off and the elevator door shuts.
bkro9 on
Quit tryin to mac on women in the elevator Timbo.
Timbo on

It is impossible to pic a woman up in the elevator.  I only have at most 11 floors of time to seal the deal.   It is pretty tough.

Cavutto on

"Come here often?"

Moonz on

no game my man

don't got to seal the deal in the elevator, although I'm sure you wouldn't complain

 

meg523 on
I tend to be the "laugh alone in the greeting card aisle" person. I sit and look through greeting cards and giggle to myself at their stupidity. I think my top one though was when the Yankees got booted by the Sox. Bryans father is  HUGE Yankees fan. I took myself off to CVS and bought him a sympathy card. So envision me, if you will, standing basically in the "death section" of the greeting cards, laughing hysterically to myself as I look for a good card for him. People must have htought I went off the deep end after the traumatic loss of a loved one. I had that whooolllee aisle to myself!
Timbo on

Moonz....Come ride the elevator all day and give it a try.

Wiffle.

Moonz on
you know I will
TheJoeD on
Timbo, we should ride the elevators all night and see if who can get some biddies back to 11G first. Actually, that sounds like a lot of work...but all we gots is time.
Lastexit29 on
lol @ timbo.  you are so right, you never want to get into the conversation just because you don't know how to end it.
mexicana13 on
i have 32 floors in my building. im on the 32nd floor so when i go to school, there is this nasty, crusty feces smelling old lady who comes i on the elevator b4 me.  like Cavutto, if i think of something funny, i just might crack up......
cavutto
Male - 28 years old
NEWINGTON, CT
United States
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