We’ve all stared at that button in the elevator with the phone icon on it, supremely confident that if the cab came to a screeching halt while rocketing up to the 42nd floor, a simple button press ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Do all the buttons in an elevator work? Sometimes it seems like the elevator door stays open forever and there is a "close door" button for just those times, but does the button ...

Can we speak, for a moment, about the humble elevator button? I know, there could hardly be a more seemingly inconsequential design element, yet the elevator button has become the bane of my existence ...

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Current and former residents of Minden Hall can testify that getting stuck in an elevator is an unpleasant experience that occurs far too frequently. This summer, the 93-year-old dormitory underwent ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The Pittsburgh International Airport is installing touchless "wave to call" elevator buttons. The airport shared photos of the new buttons, saying "it's not 'beam me up, Scotty,'" ...

The elevator at [Alex]’s office building has some quirks which make it very inconvenient to everyone in the building. The major problem was that the doors of the elevator at each floor stay locked ...

Q: I live in a high-rise with a diverse mix of residents, from recent college graduates to retirees. The elevator is slower than molasses and gets crowded easily, often stopping on every floor. During ...

(NEXSTAR) – Perhaps no button on Earth is mashed as furiously as the “door close” button in an elevator. The button, usually denoted by a set of arrows pointing inward, is a favorite of impatient ...