UPS AND DOWNS!

   FRIDAY, JULY 26TH., 2019
          UPS AND DOWNS!

     I'll bet you didn't know about this
one!
     July 26th is "National Talk In An
Elevator Day!" I kid you not!
     I can see why there's a day to
encourage elevator conversations.
Very often people traveling in what
the English call a "Lift" suddenly
get quiet when sharing the space
with other passengers.
      It may be a reluctance to share
your personal conversations with
strangers. But the silence itself can
be uncomfortable.
      I've often tried to break the ice
after my wife and I hit the 2 button
and someone else pushes 3. "Hope
we don't end up on 5" I'll say. "If
we do you," referring to the other
riders "get off first."
      Sometimes it works and sometimes
my fellow passengers just smirk and
hope I'm on board heading to a
"shrink's office."
       More and more elevators, or
buildings, are apparently designed
to encourage conversation.
       We recently walked into an
elevator right off the parking lot
and found we had to push "1" to
go to the first floor. I thought we
had entered on the first floor and,
in my mind, going down should
lead to the basement!
         A lot of hotels offer a choice
between "1" and "M." You have
to decide which is the ground
floor.
           When there's confusion
people are more likely to talk or
at least debate the destination.
             My biggest confusion,
however, concerned the elevator
office building that was located
in Wilkes-Barre. It was a single
story building! I talk a lot about
that!
              Hope you'll talk with
your fellow riders whether you're
headed up or down, and that all
your NEWS is good!