What's your opinion on the "door close" button?

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As I am sitting here, drinking my dragonfruit vitamin water, (which isnt very good mind you), and typing a paper for school, I remembered this. Do you think that the door close button in elevators actually does anything? I always watch people press the button like mad to try and get the door to close faster, but it seems to me that the button does not speed things up any whatsoever. So does anyone have any hard facts about this situation? Or even an opinion? Yes I think of some weird stuff sometimes but such is life.:)
 
"When are they 🤬 going to develop button technology that will understand urgency?!"
 
Works as advertised in the elevators in my dorm. Great for keeping out people who I know to live on a lower floor than myself.
 
I wish my dorm had elevators...

Yeah. I've never had any problems. Usually if you push the floor button and then the close button, it should start closing as soon as you hit the close button.

Or does is start closing once you select the floor?
 
philly cheese
Or does is start closing once you select the floor?
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Not in the elevators here. Actually, I wish they would - it'd reduce the amount of button pressing I do by half and shave a valuable second off the ascent time to my floor.
 
Boundary Layer
Not in the elevators here. Actually, I wish they would - it'd reduce the amount of button pressing I do by half and shave a valuable second off the ascent time to my floor.
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Wouldn't want to burn too many calories. And those fractions of seconds.... I can't even begin to say how important they are.;)
 
hehe. If I were looking to burn calories, I'd be taking the stairs. I'm all about streamlined convenience :sly:
 
Whenever I've pressed it it never speeds up the door-closing process. If it does it must only be by a fraction of a second, or so.
The whole purpose of the button itself seems more spiteful than helpful to me... Unless you're in a huge rush and pressing the button makes you feel like you're doing something to hurry things up, the only reason I can think of to close the door faster is so that nobody else can get in with you.
 
OpheliaMontague
Whenever I've pressed it it never speeds up the door-closing process. If it does it must only be by a fraction of a second, or so.
The whole purpose of the button itself seems more spiteful than helpful to me... Unless you're in a huge rush and pressing the button makes you feel like you're doing something to hurry things up, the only reason I can think of to close the door faster is so that nobody else can get in with you.
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Thats exactly what I was thinking when I made this thread. I'm glad I'm not crazy. 👍
 
I've seen them work, but it depends on the elevator. My grandmother's elevator holds the door for about 20-30 seconds, so I know the door Close Button is mandatory (especially when the elevator holds only 4 people).

I've heard that if you press the Floor Number + Door Close simulatenously, you'll go right to your floor and bypass all other floors waiting for your elevator. Never tried it, although I can't imagine it works on all elevators.

I always get a laugh when people repetedly press the siganl button for an elevator; I'd usually say to those imaptient customers: "It's not a throttle pedal, you know."
 
Well it doesn't matter really. As Suomi_N1K said, as long as it is working, its just fine! :) But this problem does seems to happen on some elevators. I mean some of them won't actually close until you press the "close" button. Some just try to eat you up if your to slow :ouch: and others just close after a few seconds (even if you pressed close so many times)
 
In my old apartment, the elevator went at 100mph and the doors closed at 50mph. It was good because you never took long. In my new apartment, the elevator is painfully slow. I live on the 4th floor, it takes a 1:30 to get down to the 1st floor. The door close button works, but the door is slow.
 
The Door Close button should work on every elevator.
 
It does, and it's one of those gifts from God that you just love to use over and over, every time we go on an elevator me and my mom love pressing it on people running towards it, so when they miss the opening, they hit the door! :lol:

I'm going to hell.
 
I like the door close button, as soon as I get in and I don't see anyone I hit it, and it closes, saving me having to wait for 7 more people to get in and make it cramped. It always works for me.:sly:

:-)
 
When I use the elevator in my apartment building, I absolutely use it - the thing will stay open for like four extra seconds if I don't.
 
Zrow
When I use the elevator in my apartment building, I absolutely use it - the thing will stay open for like four extra seconds if I don't.
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Wow, imagine what you could do in 4 seconds...

Take a chill pill :P
The time it takes to read this boring, senseless, weird, and obnoxious load of poo.

@RICHARDO: I've done that too, to my sister, she gets really ticked off!
 
RICHARDO
It does, and it's one of those gifts from God that you just love to use over and over, every time we go on an elevator me and my mom love pressing it on people running towards it, so when they miss the opening, they hit the door! :lol:

I'm going to hell.
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Thats mean but kinda funny if it works. Probably would be kinda awkward if the person actually made it into the elevator.
 
ImprezaAddict
Wow, imagine what you could do in 4 seconds...

Take a chill pill :P
The time it takes to read this boring, senseless, weird, and obnoxious load of poo.

@RICHARDO: I've done that too, to my sister, she gets really ticked off!
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I knew someone would say this, but frankly, four seconds feels a lot longer when you're standing in an elevator with the door open for no reason.
 
Zrow
I knew someone would say this, but frankly, four seconds feels a lot longer when you're standing in an elevator with the door open for no reason.
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Man I should quote that. Its 4 seconds man. Does your elevator have the sensor thing that when blocked, doesn't allow the door to close?
 

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