Hop on for the ride

It is day two in the office and I’ve encountered a couple distinct differences in elevator etiquette:

1. If the elevator doors open – hop on!  It doesn’t matter if it’s going up or down; go ahead and get on while you can and ride the elevator until you reach your desired destination.  At home, if an elevator door opened with people in it heading up and I wanted to go down, I would wait for the elevator that I called by pressing the down button and get on that; if not, why have both up and down elevator call buttons?  This is simply not the case here.  I suspect this is likely the case because the elevators are often extremely crowded so the odds are not in your favour if you’re stubbornly waiting for a lift that both has room for you, and is heading in your desired direction. 
2. At home, if I was to mistakenly get on an elevator going down when I intended to go up, I would feel it necessary to explain myself to the other elevator passengers; embarrassed of riding the elevator in the wrong direction.  I would usually provide my explanation with a lighthearted comment like “oops, I guess I’m going for a ride”.  Such feelings of embarrassment and need to provide an explanation is simply not required here…I know this from experience.  Yesterday, I thought I was going up towards my desk when, in fact, I was going down towards the parking garage.  A woman joined me on the first level of the parking garage to whom I made a similar light hearted comment to about going for a ride and she looked at me as if to say, “ok…why are you telling me this?”

So lesson learned; I don’t make the same mistakes twice.  Now, when an elevator door opens, I squeeze on in, to the uncomfortable level of closeness that is generally accepted here, and intentionally ride along with everyone until I reach my desired destination.

My most interesting sightings today: 

Street signs that read:

·         Alert Today Alive Tomorrow

·         Accident Brings Tears

·         Fast Drive Will Be Your Last Drive

I particularly like the last one…very effective in getting the point across.

 En route to the office - Deloitte buildings up ahead

 Big sis and her baby brother - she's such a good helper!

 In line at the security check-point entering Deloitte Blocks G & H

Hanging out with Daddy