Do You Make Conversation on Elevators or Just Stand There Quietly?

Answer 1

I always talk to whoever is on there with me, sometimes with mixed results.

Answer 2

Stand Quietly

Answer 3

stand there quietly - talk about the awkward silence ! but i found this thing '50 fun thing to do in an elevator' and I so wanna do some of them one day !

1. Make race car noises when anyone gets on or off.
2. Blow your nose and offer to show the contents of your tissue to other passengers.
3. Grimace painfully while smacking your forehead and muttering, "Shut up, dammit, all of you just shut UP!"
4. Whistle the first seven notes of 'It's a Small World' incessantly.
5. Sell Girl Scout cookies.
6. On a long ride, crash from side to side as if you're on rough seas.
7. Shave. (Especially if you're a woman.)
8. Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering inside, ask: "Got enough air in there?"
9. Offer name tags to everyone getting on the elevator. Wear yours upside-down.
10. Stand silent and motionless in the corner, facing the wall, without getting off.
11. When arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to yank the doors open, then act embarrassed when they open by themselves.
12. Lean over to another passenger and whisper: "Noogie patrol coming!"
13. Greet everyone getting on the elevator with a warm handshake and ask them to call you, "Admiral".
14. One word: Flatulence!
15. On the highest floor, hold the door open and demand that it stay open until you hear the penny you dropped down the shaft go "plink" at the bottom.
16. Do Tai Chi exercises.
17. Stare, grinning, at another passenger for a while, and then announce, "I've got new socks on!"
18. When at least 8 people have boarded, moan from the back, "Oh, not now. Damn motion sickness!"
19. Give religious literature to each passenger.
20. Meow occasionally.
21. Bet the other passengers you can fit a quarter in your nose.
22. Frown and mutter "Gotta go, gotta go," then sigh and say, "oops!"
23. Show other passengers a wound and ask if it looks infected.
24. Sing, "Mary Had a Little Lamb," while continually pushing buttons.
25. Holler, "Chutes away!" whenever the elevator descends.
26. Walk on with a cooler that says "human head" on the side.
27. Stare at another passenger for a while, then announce, "You're one of THEM!" and move to the far corner of the elevator.
28. Burp, and then say "Mmmm...tasty!"
29. Leave a box between the doors.
30. Ask each passenger getting on if you can push the button for them.
31. Wear a puppet on your hand and make it talk to the other passengers.
32. Start a sing-along.
33. When the elevator is silent, look around and ask, "Is that your beeper?"
34. Play the harmonica.
35. Shadow box.
36. Say, "Ding!" at each floor.
37. Lean against the button panel.
38. Say, "I wonder what all these do," and push the red buttons.
39. Listen to the elevator walls with a stethoscope.
40. Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers that this is your "personal space".
41. Bring a chair along.
42. Take a bite of a sandwich and ask another passenger: "Wanna see wha in muh mouf?"
43. Blow spit bubbles.
44. Pull your gum out of your mouth in long strings.
45. Announce in a demonic voice: "I must find a more suitable host body."
46. Carry a blanket and clutch it protectively.
47. Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.
48. Wear "X-Ray Specs" and leer suggestively at other passengers.
49. Stare at your thumb and say, "I think it's getting larger."
50. If anyone brushes against you, recoil and holler, "Bad touch!"

Answer 4

I had a great conversation once...I work in a hospital. I was on the elevator with a group of Interns.They each had their stethoscope around their necks. I said, " You guys are so young.You look like you just came home from a birthday party and you got these as "party favors." They laughed and laughed. These wonderful young people who are in training to be doctors.God bless them.

Answer 5

I make conversation in the elevator at the grocery store and the post office. I love people in general. I am very easy to get along with.

Answer 6

I usually chat with people in an elevator. There are times to be cautious though, like in a hospital elevator.

Answer 7

There was this video of a motivational speaker that I watched that said: Who said we should stand in the elevator facing the door? Try walking in and facing the people... I try do do that whenever I get really reckless... You will be surprised at how many smiles you get and how many people start talking to YOU. :-)

Answer 8

Oh, definitely make conversation. Ofcourse not WITH anyone else, that could be rude. In fact, this applies even when there isn't anyone else on the elevator with you.

Answer 9

quiet as a mouse can't wait to get out .
must be 30 years since I was last in an elevator

Answer 10

well, it depends. if i was talking to someone outside the elevator and still need to finish, i say it in the elevator. but other than that, i usually dont. it's gonna end in a second anyways. hehe.

Answer 11

I stand there looking at the buttons or the ceiling or humming in my head. I hate elevators they are so awkward.