A True Story:

I work in a building that has elevator attendants. They push the button for your floor and make the door open and close. I don't know why the owner/manager of our building thinks it's a wise use of our rent money to employ at least 5 different people just to run the elevator, but apparently it's at the top of their priority list, above cleaning mold from the a/c ducts.

Anyways...now that the tangent is done. I stepped into the hallway and pressed the up button. A minute later someone else stepped into the hall and pressed the down button. The first elevator car came and it was going up. I stepped in; the other person wasn't paying attention but caught herself at the last minute. The elevator attendant's helpful word of advice, "Press the down button."

This person is a "Professional Elevator Operator." Either she has come across so many people that don't know how to operate elevator call button and has therefore lost all her faith in people's abilities to press the correct button - OR - this job is actually challenging for her and she thinks others need help figuring out this whole elevator thing.

Does anyone else see the comedy in the situation?