Do you have small metal cubes in your building that groups of people occasionally stand in together for what feels like an extremely tame version of seven minutes in heaven? At my building we do.
Very small talk
How was your weekend? It's Thursday.
Study the floor or gaze into the air in front of you
Still looks like a regular floor and regular air. Interesting.
Distract yourself with your phone
If you hold it close enough to your eyes you can pretend you're somewhere else. People in the elevator might still be able to see you though, I'm not sure.
Ask if your elevator-mates if they've ever been in an elevator accident.
This is the unexpected Best Thing Ever. Everyone has been in one or knows someone who has. What better place to tell these stories than inside an elevator? Who better to tell them to than strangers?
I only discovered this technique yesterday and already I've heard two stories about an elevator dropping a floor, one story about someone losing a foot, and one story about a subway. Subways aren't even elevators, but they come up, that's how good this conversation starter is.
And if we all start telling more horrific elevator accident stories to each other, eventually we're all going to start taking the stairs more, which is going to save our lives, and the world.
I only discovered this technique yesterday and already I've heard two stories about an elevator dropping a floor, one story about someone losing a foot, and one story about a subway. Subways aren't even elevators, but they come up, that's how good this conversation starter is.
And if we all start telling more horrific elevator accident stories to each other, eventually we're all going to start taking the stairs more, which is going to save our lives, and the world.
And then if that doesn't work try this.
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