I too feel a lack of control and frustration from the fact that walk signals (such as across 3rd St in SF) and elevator "close" buttons obviously do nothing. P

I too feel a lack of control and frustration from the fact that walk signals (such as across 3rd St in SF) and elevator "close" buttons obviously do nothing. Perhaps it's my Aspergers/geek thing, but I feel patronized by the fake buttons. On of my favorite things about traveling to places like Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, etc. is that the close door buttons work. It's ridiculous, I know, but I feel like it points to some sort of cultural difference.