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Re:The secret undo codes for elevator floor buttons by counttheforks on Sunday January 08, 2023 @05:27PM (#34303957)
> In Japan it's not uncommon to have someone exit the elevator and just as they exit, press the close button so the door will close immediately behind them. This is a "sorry I interrupted your time by having to stop the elevator" gesture. This wouldn't work in the USA because the light sensors would trigger the doors reopening.

Sounds annoying. If I see an elevator stop at a floor then I'd like a chance to actually get on it, instead of having my time wasted by a futile gesture that might save someone a second or two.

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Re:The secret undo codes for elevator floor buttons by ninepoints on Sunday January 08, 2023 @06:01PM (#34304309)
You don't think that before doing this gesture, the individual would check if there were people waiting to get on the elevator?
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Re:The secret undo codes for elevator floor buttons by counttheforks on Sunday January 08, 2023 @07:26PM (#34305074)
Hardly seems like it'd save any time if they would.
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Re:The secret undo codes for elevator floor buttons by Dylan16807 on Sunday January 08, 2023 @08:05PM (#34305425)
They're walking out, it will be clear if someone is there and take no additional time.
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Re:The secret undo codes for elevator floor buttons by ramchip on Sunday January 08, 2023 @08:44PM (#34305692)
It doesn't take any time, you just see if there's people outside or not when the doors open.
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Re:The secret undo codes for elevator floor buttons by b4je7d7wb on Sunday January 08, 2023 @08:04PM (#34305419)
I never saw anyone do this in Japan. Because you can slide out before the doors are fully open, in this case people in elevator can close the doors earlier. If you wait for them to fully open and close them yourself then its wasting time.
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Re:The secret undo codes for elevator floor buttons by jrockway on Sunday January 08, 2023 @09:02PM (#34305837)
I haven't seen this either, but the only building I'm particularly familiar with used 2 story elevators (board at 1 or 2, arrive at 17 or 18), so I'm guessing the close door button isn't going to do much (the elevator on the lower level has to deal with the loading conditions of the upper level, and vice-versa).
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