Conversations in Elevators
December 8th, 2003
I consider elevators to be, for the most part, a smaller microcosm of the entire country. That is, whatever happens in elevators (conversation, arguments, sex) and the interactions that people in elevators have, basically can predict how society would react to any particular situation.
I think that currently, what’s going on in elevators says a lot about the state of the country.
1. Ninety percent of all strangers try to stand as far away from other strangers as possible. They use shopping bags, coats, and small strollers to keep them separate. What does this mean? Ninety percent of all people who don’t know you, don’t want to know you, and if it takes a stroller to get you away from them, they’ll be happy to throw it at your feet so you’ll fall instead of touch them.
