by Rhody » Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:02 pm
I don't really have any success with gaming in the elevator, but my building is only seven floors. It seems like all the hot women are on the 3rd or 4th floor, so they get off quickly (heh!).
But I usually strike up a conversation about elevator etiquette or how people behave strangely in the elevator due to necessarily having their personal space invaded. For example, I let a couple of seconds pass and then say, "don't you love uncomfortable silence?" For some reason, this opens them right up.
But my favorite is when she gets on and presses, say, 5, and someone else presses 3. When the other person gets off on the 3rd floor, she will ALWAYS press 5 again. Every time! So I ask if that makes the door close faster, tease her about knowing all about how elevators work, etc.
I haven't gotten any #closes out of it, but I love striking up conversations in the elevator. You can just feel the tension with so many people cramped together, trying not to make eye contact, checking their cell phones, etc. Then I make an innoccuous comment and I can feel everybody relax all at once. They release that breath they were holding and laugh or talk or smirk. It feels good to affect people like that, to break their state.