Press Me! The Buttons That Lie to You
18th April 2015
Does it help to push the buttons on pedestrian crossings, train doors and thermostats? Often the answer is “no”, as Chris Baraniuk discovers.
18th April 2015
Does it help to push the buttons on pedestrian crossings, train doors and thermostats? Often the answer is “no”, as Chris Baraniuk discovers.
April 18th, 2015 at 22:23
Had a boss years ago that thought he was God’s Gift. He got on an elevator one day and it got stuck. The rest of the folks just took it in stride, as it wasn’t that uncommon for that building. But not The Boss. He stepped forward and said, “Don’t panic! I’ll get us some help.” The other folks watched this train wreck spend 5 minutes working to pry open the door that had “PHONE” stamped on it. Inside – nothing. Another 10 minutes later the elevator gets restarted and finishes it’s run. Furious, The Boss heads off to building management to complain that there’s no phone in Car #3. “There never has been a phone in there. Did you really think we kept someone sitting at a desk waiting for an elevator phone call?”