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How To Force an Elevator to Go Straight to Your Floor Without Picking Anyone Else Up:

1) Get in the elevator.
2) Decide which floor you want to go to.
3) Extend both index fingers.
4) Press the button for the floor that you want to go to, and the door close button at the same time, and hold them down for five seconds.
5) Laugh at all of the people that are waiting on an elevator while you go right past them.

sweeeeet.

this board is just a wealth of handy info. thank you!

oh, so it's five seconds? i tried this in my building, but maybe didn't press long enough. i'll try it when i go to lunch.

doesnt work in my office, or my apartment.

I used to do this when I was in school on my especially crabby days. It was wicked, (re: my school having an elevator: don't ask). I will have to try this at my new elevator-full job.

I work on the second floor, so it always goes straight to my floor anyways. Holla.

I've tried this several times -- doesn't work.

Yeah, that doesn't sound real. Where's this info from?

i've been on elevators where it does work, but i also suppose that nobody could've called for it on the floors between me and my destination.

<--has no elevators at work. Damn you old building!

Good way to get to work faster you idiots.

Tell me the button combination for jamming the lift between floors and I might be interested.

We have Otis elevators here and this trick does not work.

http://how2dostuff.blogspot.com/2005/11 ... aight.html

i havent tested this one, so ymmv. source is linked in my first post.

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i close the door first before pressing the button of the floor i work on. i'm an elevator-whore. not to mention i hate being in crowded elevators and the elevators at my office are sloooooooow.

The latest urban myth.

I will definately be trying this at the end of the day, when I just want out.

No wonder you are all so fat.

Take the stairs!

Or, at least, vault up the escalator. As I do. Pushing those standing on the left out of the way. Also as I do.