The elevator in my buiding so super slow, especially considering there are only 4 floors. My excuse for not taking the stairs everyday is nothing more than I don't have a stair key. Which can be remidied by me asking to make a copy. Ive been here a year, and still haven't done that.
I get in the elevator, press 3 and the person behind me presses 2. Lady, there is less than 15 steps getting you from floor 3 to floor 2, down in fact. Yet you are going to make this ride even slower by insisting to stop on the 2nd floor. AHHHHGGHHHHH!
Its morning. Its raining. We both have coffee. Despite the fact that the lights illuminating the numbers are burnt out, and have been since ive worked in this building, we both insistently stare at them. Our heads raised upwards like that will make this damn gray box go faster. What other time does one avoid awkward forced conversation so much that we willingly stand still for minutes at a time starring upwards or starring downwards in the same spot? Actually I can think of a few situations, but thats not the point.
We arrive at floor two, 3 minutes longer than it would have taken us to climb the stairs. She exits and I decide to exit with her. "This isn't floor three" she says. Finally making eye contact with me. "I know", I reply, "I'm going to take the stairs".
So she goes her way, I turn the corner and take the steps to my floor. Where's that key, Im making a copy!