So i've been speding more time in elevators since moving to chicago and working on the 6th floor of a building in the loop. and this is what i want to know:
why do people push buttons that are already lit up?
three times in the last 25 hours, i have been on the elevator going down, and someone joins me at one of the floors between 6 and 1, which is the lobby/ground floor. each one of those three people got in, turned to face the panel of buttons, looked at the single lone button that was lit, saw that it was number "1" and proceded to push it anyway.
why? i don't understand this need. (maybe it's just coincidence, and i will pay greater attention from now one, but each of the three people just mentioned were men. i will keep you posted (no pun intended) on whether women do it too.)
It has to do with impatience. If they press a button, they believe the door will close more quickly. They choose 1 instead of a different button because if they pressed 3, then it would be an unnecessary stop...again impatience. The real question is, why do they choose 1 instead of the close door type button in most elevators.
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