Ever wondered how to behave in an elevator?

http://thenewsandme.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/lift-etiquette/

by sw1205 • 16 years ago

9 6 16 years ago

thenewsandme.wordpress.com

A diverting read, but was it something that, in the words of the guidelines:

   > gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.

sw12052• 16 years ago

I think it does. HN may be the wrong target audience but I think the article meets someones intellectual curiosity...you just really need to want to see it!

The piece also deals with an important point...if you have your own startup and you are moving into an office - just ensure you don't get one with an elevator.

Given your username I think you would appreciate this random piece but I take on board your point and I won't post these types of articles in the future.

RiderOfGiraffes2• 16 years ago

I did appreciate it - as I say, a diverting read - but I agree that HN is the wrong audience. At least, until you tie it in with hacking or startups or investigations or something with some bite.

I occasionally post things like this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1113300

It usually gets a comment or two such as can be found there saying that it more correctly belongs on reddit, say. My reply there sums up my attitude as to why I think it is interesting.

But I have found here on HN that if you don't make those observations explicitly, if you don't start to do some analysis that leads from the original, then people will dismiss it as "Diverting, but content-free and not appropriate."

So, can you actually apply it to this audience? Are there lessons to learn (apart from the obvious "Don't get office space that requires an elevator) ??

Just my $0.02.

Quarrelsome• 16 years ago

Ugh, just misanthropy. Not even amusing misanthropy imo.

When you step into anywhere public, which includes a lift you have to tolerate people, some of them do things you don't like. Sorry about that but that's what society is partly about, tolerance...

jcmhn• 16 years ago

Just because I tolerate people doesn't mean that I don't believe there is a special level of Hell reserved for people who require tolerance.

Ever wondered how to behave in an elevator?

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