It is an awkward, uncomfortable, and time-consuming practice, and it is not unusual for an elevator to begin answering another call before there is even a chance to find the correct button.

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By pressing that elevator call button, you are alerting people to help you with your issue who deal with this sort of thing every day. And remember, at the end of the day, that harrowing ...

One of those specifications stipulates that elevator doors remain open for a minimum of three seconds or more, depending on how close the hallway’s call buttons are located to the elevator shafts.

Otherwise, stop and wait for a call. This is why your typical elevator bay has call buttons for up and down: so the car that’s already heading skyward can stop to collect anybody who’s going up.

I didn't. At least not until Newsweek asked me to try and answer one of the more peculiar questions yet: Why do we continue to press the elevator button even though we know it won't make the ...