What do you do in the Elevator??

↑ Sunny Days ↓

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 7:04 pm

I actually find the "waiting" for the elevator to be most uncomfortable.
so how to pass the time? thank goodness I can always run off to the side and pretend I'm checking if I got mail (the mailboxes are pretty close to the elevator). but thats only where I live.

Now what do you do when you're riding in the elevator youself (no mirror in this elev) & you're pregnant & adjusting your top/skirt in a non flattering manner when boom, door opens & in walks your neighbor embarrassed

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Then you're even more embarrassed

because you remember that the elevator has surveillance cameras & you're on screen in the managements office embarrassed

Woman of Valor

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 7:20 pm

Really? A post about this?

Depending on the situation, either say hi, ignore them, or chat (if I know them and want to).

The only reason you feel awkward is because you prob aren't confident. If you work on your confidence there is no reason to feel awkward.

daagahminayin

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 7:35 pm

I smile at whoever’s there and look away. Or make small talk. If I have a baby with me or I’m pregnant I graciously accept the compliments and well-meaning comments. If someone else had a baby I’ll smile at it but I won’t mention anything if someone else is pregnant because that’s not what I do.

Then I read the signs in the elevator about maximum capacity and what to do in an emergency.

As the elevator moves I picture it from the outside gong up and down a dark, deep shaft, suspended by cables.

I wonder what would happen if I got stuck in the elevator. If there are other people in there with me, would we bond? Panic? Who has food? How long will there be air?

I remember the opening scenes from the movie Speed. Before the bus drama, there was an elevator drama. Pretty intense.

By the time I’m done thinking about all these things I’m usually at my floor.

Also sometimes I think about this clip which I find really funny: https://youtu.be/YEL7aeWIYV4

amother

Pumpkin

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 7:48 pm

amother wrote:

Flatulence.

Totally.

Love to see the reactions. Twisted Evil

Try it. I dare you.

I am totally, totally joking!!!!!!!!!!! About ME doing it. But you try. Go ahead.

This reminds me of something that happened when I was a kid, like 8 or 9. My mom and I were waiting for an elevator. The doors open and this guy steps out, sees us waiting there, and he gives us this shifty kind of look and then ran away really quickly. We get in the elevator, the doors close, and we are suddenly assaulted by the smell. Now we knew why the guy gave us a weird look and was in a such a hurry to get away LOL

My mom and I still laugh about that one.

MitzadSheini ↓

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 7:54 pm

Well you could think about saying Tehilim. Or Actually say Tehilim.

Alternatively there is this amusing clip.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H86nt-MF3zU

↑ enneamom ↓

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 8:01 pm

Amelia Bedelia wrote:

Pardon my ignorance: what's the Wine reference?

It's a reference to this thread, started by a hilarious amother whose color is wine: https://www.imamother.com/foru.....42054

amother

↑ Silver ↓

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 8:05 pm

enneamom wrote:

It's a reference to this thread, started by a hilarious amother whose color is wine: https://www.imamother.com/foru.....42054

No name calling please.

Yes. Yes, you know who I am.

(No, not creepy at all.)

↑ Sunny Days ↓

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 8:08 pm

amother wrote:

No name calling please.

Yes. Yes, you know who I am.

Innerme. why don't you just drink a bottle of wine in the elevator or clean your silver? that should take care of how to spend your time.

↑ NovelConcept ↓

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 8:08 pm

avocado7 wrote:

The weather is the best topic .
And BTW
Have a nice day
or good night
Whatever 😃
If it's a [gentile] your not obliged to say anything.

And if it's a gentile, you might HAVE to say something because you don't want to make a chillul Hashem.

amother

↑ Silver ↓

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 8:12 pm

gamzehyaavor wrote:

Innerme. why don't you just drink a bottle of wine in the elevator or clean your silver? that should take care of how to spend your time.

Cleaning the silver sounds like fun. Should she bring along the dishwasher?

↑ Sunny Days ↓

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 8:18 pm

amother wrote:

Cleaning the silver sounds like fun. Should she bring along the dishwasher?

She must be stuck in an elevator as we haven't heard from her yet Sad

eta- yikes! she's probably on the way to visit me & got stuck somewhere between the 5'th & 6th floor shock

gotta go clean up. I can't welcome guests when this place looks like this embarrassed

↑ enneamom ↓

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 8:21 pm

gamzehyaavor wrote:

She must be stuck in an elevator as we haven't heard from her yet Sad

eta- yikes! she's probably on the way to visit me & got stuck somewhere between the 5'th & 6th floor shock

gotta go clean up. I can't welcome guests when this place looks like this embarrassed

Got any sushi?

↑ enneamom ↓

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 8:25 pm

gamzehyaavor wrote:

sadly no. I gave the last piece to innerme.

I meant, do you have any sushi for Innerme, not for ME.

Sushi. Yuck! I hope it's not swimming around in her stomach. WAY too raw for me.

↑ Sunny Days ↓

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 8:26 pm

enneamom wrote:

I meant, do you have any sushi for Innerme, not for ME.

Sushi. Yuck! I hope it's not swimming around in her stomach. WAY too raw for me.

I might have raw chicken for you, if you prefer that. (sorry. no more penguin, no more owl)

↑ enneamom

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 8:29 pm

gamzehyaavor wrote:

I might have raw chicken for you, if you prefer that. (sorry. no more penguin, no more owl)

What do you think I am, a cannib-owl?? shock