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I can't tell if this is sarcasm, so at the risk of looking foolish, I'll just say, pressing the door close button on an elevator almost always does nothing. In

I can't tell if this is sarcasm, so at the risk of looking foolish, I'll just say, pressing the door close button on an elevator almost always does nothing. In most elevators it's not even connected to anything behind the panel. It's there to make you feel like you can effect the situation without letting you do so, which I think is the exact opposite of your point.

ambicapter 10y ago
I've heard this before, but I don't buy it. Either that or the elevator at my workplace is VERY prescient.
the_af 10y ago
Where do you live? In my country, the close button almost always closes the elevator doors faster. Measurably faster, not a subjective milliseconds faster, but full seconds faster (so noticeable, in fact, that it drives me nuts when other people don't push it and also involuntarily block me from doing so). When the button doesn't work, it's acknowledged to be broken.
MK999 10y ago
The 'beg buttons' that pedestrians push to get a favorable traffic signal is frequently not hooked up.
- kaspiCZ 10y ago
  For pedestrians: In my city I have yet to find a bogus one. They are there to control traffic flow. You press it, you get a green light. You don't, you can die waiting. It's there to allow the priority traffic to be interrupted only if necessary. I believe I heard something like "press a button for a faster signal", but that doesn't make any sense at all. Municipalities want to control the traffic in the most efficient way. Not to give any troll a button to break things. However there are several places where there are e.g. sensors to allow for a favourable signal for drivers. But then again that is mostly in places where they would wait for a green light for a long time. The theory and practice in the transportation field is quite interesting.

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I can't tell if this is sarcasm, so at the risk of looking foolish, I'll just say, pressing the door close button on an elevator almost always does nothing. In

by philipodonnell 10y ago

ambicapter 10y ago
I've heard this before, but I don't buy it. Either that or the elevator at my workplace is VERY prescient.
the_af 10y ago
Where do you live? In my country, the close button almost always closes the elevator doors faster. Measurably faster, not a subjective milliseconds faster, but full seconds faster (so noticeable, in fact, that it drives me nuts when other people don't push it and also involuntarily block me from doing so). When the button doesn't work, it's acknowledged to be broken.
MK999 10y ago
The 'beg buttons' that pedestrians push to get a favorable traffic signal is frequently not hooked up.
- kaspiCZ 10y ago
  For pedestrians: In my city I have yet to find a bogus one. They are there to control traffic flow. You press it, you get a green light. You don't, you can die waiting. It's there to allow the priority traffic to be interrupted only if necessary. I believe I heard something like "press a button for a faster signal", but that doesn't make any sense at all. Municipalities want to control the traffic in the most efficient way. Not to give any troll a button to break things. However there are several places where there are e.g. sensors to allow for a favourable signal for drivers. But then again that is mostly in places where they would wait for a green light for a long time. The theory and practice in the transportation field is quite interesting.