We had one of those in my old building. It was a freight elevator that usually was off limits, but had to be used when the main elevator was being repaired. It was worse because it was a regular door that didn't always shut all of the way.

I make them by melting Milky Way bars with some butter and then adding the Rice Krispies. Then top them off with some melted Hershey bars.

nom.

My usual elevator pet peeve is when people wait so long to exit that the elevator doors close in my face as I'm trying to get on. Make it snappy, people! MOVE MOVE MOVE.

What I despise is the people who not only take too long to exit, but, when the doors open and reveal (GASP!) someone standing there waiting to get on (that would be ME), they stare all slack-jawed and dead-eyed, like they simply don't understand why there's someone standing there! Because clearly people only EXIT on that floor, never actually GET ON the elevator at that floor.

And the corollary, when I get on at the lowest parking garage level, and the elevator stops at the successive parking levels, and the doors open to reveal (GASP!) SOMEONE IS ALREADY ON THE ELEVATOR!!!! My god, HOW?!? HOW DID SOMEONE GET ON BEFORE ME?!? And so they just stand there, (once again) all slack-jawed and blank-eyed, as they try to puzzle through how there could possibly already be someone on an elevator that they summoned for their own conveyance. Some of them -- and I swear to you this is true -- have stood there and stared in astonishment for long enough that the doors closed.

WTF?

Cash, those bars sound amazing.

I'm writing my syllbus still. It's a pain the ass to plan an entire year of work in a few days. Especially since I've never done this before.

Did anyone hear the "In Character" on NPR this morning? It was about Buffy. YAY!

Steph, in the morning I might attribute this to lack of coffee. But then, how do these people DRIVE to work if they are that undercaffeinated?

But then, how do these people DRIVE to work if they are that undercaffeinated?

Right?? Or, one might ask, how do they drive to work if they're that STUPID?

I heard it, Kat! Good, huh?

Did anyone hear the "In Character" on NPR this morning? It was about Buffy. YAY!

I drove to work today (which I rarely do) and heard it. Fun!

I feel that if you want the elevator doors to close faster, you can hit the "close doors" button.

We don't have "close" buttons in our elevators.

Some of them -- and I swear to you this is true -- have stood there and stared in astonishment for long enough that the doors closed.

I'd rather have that then have them start to get on the elevator, even though getting on means having to walk RIGHT THROUGH ME (and other people, usually).

The reverse doesn't bother me because I always feel the people exiting the elevator (and thus making more room) have the right of way.