{"id":105345,"date":"2020-11-05T00:15:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T21:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/elevator-etiquette-has-new-yorkers-at-each-others-throats\/"},"modified":"2020-11-05T00:15:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T21:15:40","slug":"elevator-etiquette-has-new-yorkers-at-each-others-throats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elevator-etiquette-has-new-yorkers-at-each-others-throats\/","title":{"rendered":"#Elevator etiquette has New Yorkers at each other’s throats"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Elevator etiquette has New Yorkers at each other’s throats<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n You might want to start taking the stairs.<\/p>\n

New York City\u2019s high-rise residents are finding themselves at war with their neighbors. The battleground? The elevator, which has become high-stakes territory in the larger fight against COVID-19.<\/p>\n

New reduced-capacity rules\u00a0 \u2014 most buildings limit capacity to four riders at a time and require masks \u2014 are causing clashes: Some riders are refusing to let others enter the elevator with them, while others ignore the rules and pack the lifts.<\/p>\n

Wait times in the lobby and hallway are proving unbearable and, in some cases, long-suffering doormen have to intervene.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was definitely awkward,\u201d Upper West Side chess instructor Evan Rabin told The Post, recalling a recent standoff in his 30-story building that was defused by the doorman.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old and another resident were both ejected from the elevator because Rabin insisted on joining the germaphobe demanding a solo ride.<\/p>\n

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The elevator sign at Shai Canaan\u2019s apartment building<\/span>Brian Zak\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHe told me I had to wait for the next one,\u201d said Rabin, who calmly pointed out the building\u2019s four-person elevator policy. \u201cI replied, \u2018If you\u2019re not comfortable, you have every right to leave, but I\u2019m in a rush.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Each stood their ground until the exasperated doorman ordered them to quit arguing and give up the elevator to another tenant.<\/p>\n

On the opposite side of the park, an Upper East Side resident said her teenage daughter was screamed at by \u201csomeone\u2019s help\u201d for trying to keep her social<\/a> distance.<\/p>\n

The 54-year-old stay-at-home mom, who prefers to keep her identity private because she fears retribution from her co-op board, said her daughter politely asked a housekeeper to take the next elevator when it stopped at a lower floor, saying that she only rides the elevator with family.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe housekeeper yelled, \u2018I am not waiting. I have waited long enough. If you don\u2019t want to ride in the elevator with me, then you get out!,\u2019\u201d the teen\u2019s mom told The Post.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old obliged, but her mother decided to alert the board, which had previously sent emails saying residents are permitted to travel<\/a> alone in the elevator if they prefer.<\/p>\n

\"Shai
Shai Canaan<\/span>Brian Zak\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe choose not to ride with others to protect both parties, which makes some people in our building mad,\u201d said her mom. \u201cI build the extra wait time into my schedule. People just seem to have very little patience these days.\u201d<\/p>\n

The question of whether elevators serve as outsize petri dishes is up for debate. It is clearly difficult to stand the obligatory 6 feet apart, but, according to experts,<\/a> occupants wearing masks, coupled with the relatively short travel time, lessens the likelihood of the coronavirus spreading.<\/p>\n

Advice issued to those in shared housing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> includes the recommendation: \u201cConsider limiting the number of individuals in an elevator at one time.\u201d The authority also recommends they be cleaned and disinfected more than once a day.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not enough to reassure the likes of data analyst Lydia, a 42-year-old diabetic, who asked not to be fully named for privacy reasons.<\/p>\n

Concerned that she\u2019s at higher risk than others for COVID-19, the Upper East Sider often ensures solo rides by saying: \u201cI have a disease!\u201d<\/p>\n

One man jockeying to board once grunted, \u201cIs it contagious?,\u201d before agreeing to the request of the widowed mom of one.<\/p>\n

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Carole Tashjian<\/span>Stefano Giovannini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile, math teacher Carole Tashjian, also of the Upper East Side, finds the tricky etiquette and long wait times particularly challenging. This is mostly because the three elevators in her residence close in rotation for maintenance work. Despite the inconvenience, the rule remains four riders at a time.<\/p>\n

A lone angry woman twice \u201cshooed\u201d the 59-year-old out of the elevator, saying, \u201cNo, no, no, you can\u2019t come on,\u201d because she wanted the space to herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked the first time, so I stepped out,\u201d said Tashjian. \u201cBut, the second time, she was so nasty in her tone \u2014 I just barged in. She was not happ<\/a>y with me and hid in the corner.\u201d<\/p>\n

These kinds of altercations are straining the bonds among neighbors.<\/p>\n

\"Shai
Shai Canaan<\/span>Brian Zak\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shai Canaan, of the Upper West Side, said he\u2019s sympathetic toward those who want the elevator to themselves, but can\u2019t deal with the inconvenience. In his 16-story building, the new two-person capacity has caused tremendous stress.<\/p>\n

\u201cFifty people waiting in line to go two by two is really time-consuming,\u201d said Canaan, who works in information technology<\/a>. \u201cBut, when people [finally] get into the elevator and talk [on their cellphones], they excrete even more virus, so that\u2019s even worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for Rabin, he has unluckily found himself running into his elevator foe \u201calmost every day\u201d in their lobby.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just pretend not to see him,\u201d he said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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