Elevator Etiquette

[L11]

Good point, Les. I will keep that in mind, though next time, I might try one of the other coll elevator tricks along with the cussing!

 

Linda

 

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[Shirley and Les]

L11,

Laguana Beach, indeed.

Excuse me, I didn't realize I was conversing with royalty. I used to know a guy who had a pice of property in Huntington Beach Harbor and he had troubles telling me why it was worth so many $$$ when it had formerly been on the bottom of the bay and a developer had decided to turn it into real estate.

When I was within a few years of retirement, I tried to outsmart my employer. I quit working but continued the pay. I figured they would offer me a package. Guess what, NO PACKAGE! Out of boredom, I retired. My retirement gift......$1000 toward a cruise. Haven't looked back.

L11, hope to hear you say the magic words one of these days

"Take this job and shove it."

That is much better than meowing in the elevator.

Les

[nealberk]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PatC:

This is great information for our next trip!!

We've always been friendly on the elevators. Seems like a good place to share a laugh.

 

Seriously, my real gripe is those people who get on the elevator with hot drinks in their hands, in cups that the staff specifically asks you not to take from the dining rooms, cafe, etc. We saw many doing this on our last cruise and the ship wasn't stable enough to insure no one would be burned on the elevator. Just something to think about.

 

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The best way to solve the problem is to mime holding something in your hands and be very careful not to drop it. Explain to everyone in the elevator that you don't want "it" to fall and explode. Those with hot drinks will back off even if the elevator is crowded!

[Princess-of-Quite-alot]

Just had to add my two cents here.....

My brother and his girlfriend were in an elevator recently when he complained of a stiff neck. His girlfriend said (outloud), "I told you not to swallow the *****!" Imagine the looks......

 

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[PatC]

Nealberk

 

Great idea. I'll try that next year on the 3/11 Summit trip! We have friends going with us and maybe we'll ALL do it and see what reaction we get.

 

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[newtocc]

You guys had me ROTFLMAO at work today!

 

Don your story was good but I think Linda wins!

 

This ship 10/91

That ship 11/95

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[tomv77]

Just thought I would add my two cents as well. One of the original comments was "what happened to ladies first?" This is a common error when it comes to elevator etiquette and one that I love to point out.

 

Men are actually suppossed to enter elevators first. Historically, this is for two reasons. First, during the time when elevator's were not very secure, men stepped on the elevator first to insure that it would hold the weight of passengers and not plummet. Second and more appropriate for today's time, men enter to trip the motion sensor so that the door do not close on the ladies.

 

I highlight this all the time in an effort to encourage the behavior and so that maybe someday I won't get dirty looks from women when I step on the elevator first.

[superjerryw]

Tomv77 - if you try to do the right thing by getting on the elevator first and some women give you dirty looks, let them go ahead of you. If the elevator then plummets downward 30 stories or any of their body parts get caught in the doors they have no one to blame but themselves......

 

 

Donuts, is there anything they can't do....

[judyfssw]

Tom,

That's just a story that men made up so they could be the first ones on the elevator.

 

Judy

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[Rich&Natalia]

Judy,

 

Well...if you step into a falling elevator and break both legs, don't come running to me.

 

 

-Rich

 

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[tomv77]

Judy,

 

What exactly is the benefit of being on the elevator first? Is it the fact that you get pushed against the back wall? I am pretty sure that it is not a story that was made up by men. Its in all of those etiquette books. I love that stuff because it brings you back to a time when people were actually polite and has some pretty good history attached to it. I feel like instead of giving books like "Oh, the places you'll go" to high school graduates you should give them a book of etiquette. Probably would solve a lot of problems if even one out of a hundred people took something from it.

[andy&reba]

You would have to have used an elevator to have any kind of knowledge. A small percentage of people on cruises are from the sticks. So ya really can blame them too much! L.O.L. Relax, on recently Disney cruise, we had a older couple jump in front of wifey, myself and our baby in stroller. We just laughed...when they found Stitch (disney character) as the doors opened. They almost had dual heart attacks. Stitch and his handler got off to to stay with us until the next elevator was avaliable.

 

Andy

[Shadow]

My best experience on an elevator was our last cruise on the Infinity. I was on the level of the specialty restaurant and one of the guys was taking a table that was all ready set up for display along with a chair. I offered to share the elevator with him to the top floor where we both were headed. He moved the table and chair on and offered me a seat. He took a white towel and draped it over his arm like he was waiting on me. For some reason the elevator stopped at every floor and there were people waiting to get on and of course, there wasn't any room for them too get on. The looks on their faces were priceless when the doors opened. We laughed so hard!

 

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[StefanieMS]

This thread made my night! I am ROTFLMAO with tears running down my face.

 

I'm taking the stairs from now on! Or I'll be way to tempted to try some of these..., while in the company of my DH and 16 year old DS...without telling them first.

 

Stefanie

 

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[sailyn]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Shadow:

My best experience on an elevator was our last cruise on the Infinity. I was on the level of the specialty restaurant and one of the guys was taking a table that was all ready set up for display along with a chair. I offered to share the elevator with him to the top floor where we both were headed. He moved the table and chair on and offered me a seat. He took a white towel and draped it over his arm like he was waiting on me. For some reason the elevator stopped at every floor and there were people waiting to get on and of course, there wasn't any room for them too get on. The looks on their faces were priceless when the doors opened. We laughed so hard!

 

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This is a classic ... sounds like an episode of the old fav "Candid Camera"!