You know how we sometimes feel uncomfortable in a crowded elevator? How people stare at their feet like they think they’re growing another foot? Or stare at the doors silently thinking, “Hurry up and open. Hurry up and open.” ?
If you are tired of elevator boredom, here are a few of my favorite ideas (from this list) to add a bit of wit to your day:
- Sell Girl Scout cookies.
- Shave.
- Offer name tags to everyone getting on the elevator.
- Bring a chair along (second favorite)
- Do Tai Chi exercises. (On this one, you might have to ask others to stand back)
- Show other passengers a wound and ask if it looks infected.
- Start a sing-along.
- Play the harmonica. (Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen comes to mind)
- Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers that this is your “personal space.”
- Greet everyone getting on the elevator with a warm handshake and ask them to call you Admiral. (for me, this comes in first)
Or, you can always take the stairs.
Daily 
said, “Try to be Witty. But don’t strain yourself in the process.”
photo one- credit
photo two- credit
Carolyn Dennis-Willingham 
Yes but I have to do these sorts of things when I’m traveling alone with strangers in the elevator, because if I try anything (and I do mean ANYTHING) even slightly out of the ordinary (birdcalls, or sing-alongs, or…or…or…anything) while I’m in the company of My Beloved Sandra she gets all hissy about it & won’t talk to me the rest of the night.
I do like the Tai Chi idea, though.
LikeLiked by 1 person
LOL! Maybe you could ease her into to tactics by starting with just the two of you in the elevator. Then work up to one other person and on! 🙂
LikeLike
ha like that. Always fancied setting up a desk and a few chairs in one and sit with someone as if were having a meeting. Doors open. confusion. doors close.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yeah! Or you sit behind your desk with a serious look holding a pencil and when someone steps in the elevator you say “Name please?”
Michael, we may be on to something! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
ha perhaps!
LikeLiked by 1 person