On: The Lives of Elevators (2008)

[mrfusion]

When the close door button is just the two triangles, my brain can never parse which is close and which is open. Does that happen to anyone else?

Example: <> ><

I feel like the arrows pointing away looks more like a door coming together.

[ams6110 → mrfusion]

Yes! Exactly the same. I am always hitting the "close" button when I'm wanting the open. And contrary to legend, in at least some elevators the close button definitely initates a door close immediately.

This has happened so often that when I want to hold the elevator for someone I actually hold the door with my hand or foot rather than try to figure out which button to push.