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So, We’ve Been Meaning to Tell You About Your Elevator Behavior

Six ways to avoid another awkward ride.
This doesn't have to be a battleground. Carsten Reisinger/Shutterstock.com

The earliest recorded instance of an elevator is dated around 236 B.C., though modern iterations didn’t show up until the Industrial Era. Still, that means for a large portion of human history, we’ve had to negotiate the ins and outs of elevator etiquette.

You’d think, based on all that practice, that we’d be better at it.