Going Up Yours?

You’ve been there. You’ve gotten into an elevator, and as the doors are closing, you see someone else running to try to make it to the elevator car before the doors close. Since you’ve clearly noticed them, maybe even made eye contact, you frantically lunge for the “door open” button. This is so the runner doesn’t think you’re a total ass.

Since we often assume everyone is out to get us, from the runner’s perspective, you are lunging wildly for the “door close” button. Not only do you look malicious, you look like you couldn’t wait to inflict your own brand of harm.