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The open elevator door button puts kindness at our fingertips

A button that lets you make someone’s day (or at least their morning) A button that lets you make someone’s day (or at least their morning) Elevator buttons can sometimes be fickle things — confusing ...
popcrush

Fact or Fake: Pushing the Open or Close Elevator Button Really Works

Let's be honest, shall we? Every single one of us has pushed the 'close door' button in the elevator whether someone was coming or not because we just want to keep moving. Hey, I've done it. I've even ...
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Here’s Why the ‘Close Door’ Button on Elevators Is a Big Fat Lie

Let's be honest, shall we? You have pushed the 'close door' button in the elevator, whether someone was coming or not, because you just want to keep moving. Hey, I've done it and I'm not ashamed to ...

Why the 'Close' button in an elevator sometimes doesn't close the door immediately

You get on the elevator.You press the button for your floor.And then, as usual, you press the 'Close' button.……But it doesn't ...
Wane

Does the elevator’s ‘door close’ button actually do anything?

(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 ...