Told to get off elevator!

[NYlakesider]

Had a routine Doc visit this morning. To get into the doctors office you have to answer correctly a few questions and get your temperature read. Of course masks have to be worn at all times.

Got finished and left the office and headed for the elevators.
A lady got on the elevator and I went to get on. She raised her voice a bit and said,"I want to be on this elevator alone" as she pointed at her mask. A bit surprised but backed out. This is the first time a situation like that happened that I know of. There are no signs or anything around that says how to ride the elevator!

Being a gentleman waited the 5 minuets for the next elevator.

 

[Justin T]

"I'd like to be alone on it too. Let's be alone on it together."

 

[sceva]

Some people are scared.

 

[Jessie]

Some people are irrationally scared

 

[Onomea]

I can understand the surprise you felt, but think you did the right thing by simply acquiescing to her request. These days, we all have reason to worry and be careful, and some of us are more anxious than others.

Well done.

 

[Absalom]

Depending on the size of the elevator cabin, not a bad idea. If it's a building with medical offices, there's also likely to be a higher number of higher-risk people or folks with unclear symptoms around.

However, building management should be smart enough to put up some signs to provide guidance, along the lines of "Please allow patients who wish to do so to ride elevators by themselves".

 

[cndrdk]

That's odd, same thing happened to me, except in reverse. 2 hours after I had eaten the lunch special at El Chico's, I was asked to ride the elevator alone.

 

[arjay]

I haven't been to my cardiologist in two months
Last two visits the waiting room was full and it was a 20 minute wait......

 

[mtgianni]

Perhaps she had just had a confirmed diagnosis.

 

[ColbyBruce]

Two masked people sharing an elevator for a few floors doesn't sound life threatening to me. I would of stepped in and ignored her.

 

[ladder13]

She probably takes a loaded cart to the 10 or less checkout line.

 

[Inusuit]

You did the right thing to respect her wishes whether she was rationally frightened or not. As mtgianni suggested, she may have had a positive test. In which case, she was protecting you. Why would anyone assume other negative things about her?

 

[RobertJ.]

I'd have been tempted to ask, "Did you just fart?"

 

[GaryS]

If she insisted on riding the elevator alone, then SHE should have got off and let you go. She was imposing her convenience on you.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Sounds like a lack of manners and breeding to me. It is a public space.

 

[GaryS]

Entitlement and an inflated sense of self worth.

Sounds like a lack of manners and breeding to me. It is a public space.

 

[wheelgun28]

I guess we will never know if it was a person concerned for your well being or someone in need of mental health that just left the basement for the first time.

Now if she said, please keep back and let me ride alone in the elevator as I may be contagious.

Perhaps she was afraid you were allergic to cats?

 

[Igiveup]

Last Friday (a week ago) I went to the clinic to have blood work done for an upcoming doctor appointment on the following Monday afternoon. I received a call from the clinic Monday morning cancelling my appointment. They didn't have enough staff to run the facility, a big new, multi-story clinic. Clinic is still closed after a week. Many of the staff came down with Covid. I am now into my second week of self-isolating, just in case I was exposed. I don't want to spred the crud. I live thirty miles from town in the mountains, so I don't go to town much anyway.

 

[dave1918a2]

If the elevator is large enough for 'social' distancing I would have stepped in and went to the opposite wall from Her. If she didn't like that, she can exit.

 

[Rpg]

Seems like such a minor inconvenience that I'm surprised some would take issue with the lady's request.

 

[GUNMIKE]

The "mark" of a true gentleman.

 

[Huskerguy]

You reacted well sir!

It shows the fear mongering is working quite well.

I try to take the stairs every chance I get. For one, I am never comfortable, even before the virus with being in a tight elevator with several other people, especially women and only one woman is a no-no for me.

 

[Rudi]

The campaign of fear has worked well.

 

[Camster]

I can understand the surprise you felt, but think you did the right thing by simply acquiescing to her request. These days, we all have reason to worry and be careful, and some of us are more anxious than others.

Well done.

Yep, some folks are careless, others extra cautious. I would have done the same.
However, as much as I believe in complying with safety protocol, I have yet to understand why some folks wear a mask while driving alone in their car, or wear a mask while walking on nearly empty, wide trails through the woods.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

I like my privacy too and try to respect others, but I recognize that my privacy basically ends when I walk out my front door. And people raising their voice at me in the wrong tone raises my hackles. It's not what you say, it's how you say it.

 

[PPS1980]

Good for you, perhaps she was positive? I have a weirder one, I think, for you.

Took my daughter to get a pre-surgery Covid test at ONE specific facility mandated by the hospital (even though I had to pass 5-6 others on the way there). Ok. Get there and they don't want to let me in with my minor daughter. No, I'm going in and by law you can't conduct anything other than an abortion without my consent. Then the "Clinical Manager" insists that I wear their cheap ill-fitting mask when I'm already wearing an N95 mask. Ask her why and she states: "We're a Covid facility and its to protect out staff!" with true condescension. I said, but my mask is an N95 and far better than that one! She insisted.

So, people are scared, stupid, and some are full of themselves - now more than ever.

Good luck out there!

 

[BAM-BAM]

Weird World we're living in...... just came from the Bank.....two guys inside wearing masks and I know at least one had a gun.....

Look out the window there's a local police officer ....... talking to someone on the sidewalk......looking in the window.

Who would have ever "thunk it"

 

[MCorps0311]

One can't be to careful these days I guess.

 

[Ranger514]

I think that folks with pre-existing illnesses, especially those with auto-immune or respiratory issues, have a sound reason to request social distancing. Frankly, I don't get why wearing a mask and distancing is a big deal. I lost a cousin to Covid this past October. He spent two weeks in ICU under positive pressure oxygen and meds to help his breathing to no avail. He slowly suffocated until his organs shut down. Not a pleasant way to die.

I expect to draw fire for my opinion, but seriously...wear a mask and social distance when out in public. Respect the lives of others. We'll get through this pandemic, if we all pull together.

 

[Ziggy2525]

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Being a gentleman waited the 5 minuets for the next elevator.

Not being as polite as you, I would have said ..."well then, you'll have to get out and wait for the next empty elevator."