tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post6904563402543910958..comments2023-12-15T01:18:40.855+11:00Comments on Expat@Large: Faster Lifts : Faster Stupidityexpat@largehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-48490527942407279362010-10-03T11:36:21.240+11:002010-10-03T11:36:21.240+11:00Also I have issues with people at the doors of the...Also I have issues with people at the <a href="http://www.expat-at-large.com/pm/comments.php?id=478_0_1_0_C" rel="nofollow">doors of the MRT</a>.expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-41632394575393912342010-10-03T11:33:44.473+11:002010-10-03T11:33:44.473+11:00This post is a revision of an shorter post on the ...This post is a revision of <a href="http://www.expat-at-large.com/pm/comments.php?id=1270_0_1_0_C" rel="nofollow">an shorter post</a> on the old blog BTW. <br /><br />In the first line of that one I suggested a 1000 volts into any button already lit!!!expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-15070586960363852002010-10-03T11:22:13.286+11:002010-10-03T11:22:13.286+11:00The solution is simple Phil. Once the the button ...The solution is simple Phil. Once the the button has been pressed and it is activated it becomes 'live' with the main power supply for the lift (in Australia 415 volt 3 phase power) routed via that button.<br /><br />It might only be pressed once.<br /><br />Same goes for the crossing button.<br /><br />I feel it is part of the general degradation of life. We are all in it solely for ourselves these days. Everyone feels that they are so important and they have a higher personal priority, so you better not block their path or in 30 years time looking back on the disappointment their life turned out to be, they will blame that Expat guy in the building in Singapore who stopped them from getting the taxi that would have allowed them to get the insider trading tip that would have allowed them to quit the job as a cleaner at the Singapore inc head office and become the wife of the next son in the ruling Lee monarchy and they too would have been negotiating the pirate collection of offshore beaches under the cover of the moonlight reflected through the smog of the burning forests of Indo...Lost in Melbournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03197275050826963568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-89608977136804952442010-10-02T20:44:41.153+10:002010-10-02T20:44:41.153+10:00People on planes! What's the rush? My next ran...People on planes! What's the rush? My next rant - watch this space.expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-83098223907974421802010-10-02T20:22:57.961+10:002010-10-02T20:22:57.961+10:00Recent bad experiences in a lift eh!!!
Bit like m...Recent bad experiences in a lift eh!!!<br /><br />Bit like my last flight. All the bastards with too much carry-on baggage boarded late and traipsed up and down the aisle with their bags over their shoulders looking for locker space while simultaneously clocking each seated person with one, or other, of their bags. Surely, justifiable homicide here!!!rockstar69https://www.blogger.com/profile/03070622649926776410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-42618667211877133192010-10-02T19:17:12.297+10:002010-10-02T19:17:12.297+10:00Anthony: yes the hold door open one was the hardes...Anthony: yes the hold door open one was the hardest to justify LOL! It is behaviour that has been learned from hard lessons in the HDB flats. I stretched that one a bit... (Shh!)<br /><br />It's more that these people hover in front of the buttons that actually bugs me. And then again, sometimes while holding the button open for you to exit, they get in your way and *cause* the hold-up they think they are preventing by being polite! Happens all the time in the lift of the hotel I stay in Tokyo. Let go of the button, dickwad, I'm not gonna get crushed!expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-74849187811540273592010-10-02T17:28:19.783+10:002010-10-02T17:28:19.783+10:00I get you on all the button pushing ones except th...I get you on all the button pushing ones except the holding the open button while people get on. I understand that there is a IR beam (in some) and a sensor plate in most elevators. However since the sensor plate is the most common and they hurt when they actually crash into you before retracting the doors, I think its a courtesy to hold the door open, much like one would with a real door.<br /><br />It's called manners, and with so many rude cunts in the world already I don't think we should begrudge or get upset at this small courtesy when its offered.<br /><br />As for pushing the button I get the same urges at the cross walk.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03100147959844300317noreply@blogger.com