The Ups and Downs

Social awkwardness is a given when approaching an open elevator, stepping inside, and just as the doors are slowly closing, another person dashes into the small box that you call your personal space. Do I make eye contact, smile, nod, acknowledging their existence? Yeah, Why not? I then hit the button and remain staring at it like it's going to change colors or something, then when that gets old, I look at the ceiling and imagine, "what if the elevator got stuck, can I climb up and squeeze through the upper panel like Bruce Willis would do in Die Hard? Just then, the elevator dings, the doors open and I step out. Whew, that was the longest 30 seconds of my life!