Yeah and you can flail your head around looking for the arrow or you can just ask. Especially on a busy elevator lobby there might be multiple cars opening at the same time so you cant even tell from the ding/ding-ding
replyTrue but sometimes someone hits a button on the inside by mistake. Or someone was going to get off then decides not to.
replySometimes I think "stupid" questions like these are just a way to break the ice, something that gets used to kindly acknowledge the momentary existence of others in our lives before we continue down our separate paths.
reply… and the elevator is still going the way it is going, and that way is still indicated by the illuminated arrow.
reply"Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are."
reply"Have you stopped urinating in public?"
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