Elevators-

China is the only place in the world that I have ever seen the 'close door' buttons in elevators work so well-It never working in the states! But here, when you see an elevator, the 'close' button is an absolute necessity.

People ALWAYS push it-wether you are getting on or off. Once pressed, it lights up and sure enough, the door closes within a second. In fact, the fucking doors will actually close on you (yes I have this happen to me and my laptop on numerous occasions) if you don't get out/on fast enough. The person guilty of closing the door on you feigns embarrassment and scrambles to push the 'open door' button. If getting on, I usually send an angry glare and watch to see how many other people the culprit does it to.

I know they were hoping I, or anyone else, wouldn't make it on. Every new person in the lift means they have to push the 'close door' button one more time. What a hassle. I mean, honestly, the amount of seconds saved by that mangnificient command button could add up to a whole minute!

This thing is so important that people will cross the elevator to man the button station. If the damn thing ever stopped functioning, the entire building would be thrown into a state of panic and confusion and there would be rioting in the halls.