Yes, Nana and I are back safely from another successful weekend, but more importantly: Did you know that you can cancel calls on Korean elevators by pressing the floor button again? For example: You stumble into an elevator weak from a day of skiing, inadvertently brushing every darned button in the place. Normally, this would mean stopping at every single floor and staring stupidly at an empty hall for ten seconds. In Korea, though, all you have to do is press (for a second time) the floors you don't want! Of course, the technology, however mind-boggling, is a double-edged sword: you could just as easily brush the button for your desired floor and wind up on Mars or something. But on the whole, I wish I could say the same for elevators in the States.
Time permitting, look for two new installments of Justin Eats Weird Stuff For Your Pleasure this week!
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wait...what if there are two button pads, and you and some other dude go to press "14" at the same time? will they cancel each other out?
also, do koreans have the same misbelief shared by most americans that if you repeatedly press the "close door" button repeatedly while the doors are already closing that they will close faster?
The elevator action of choice here is just to lean on the door-close button. I think this does not indicate a greater understanding of elevator-door mechanics; it simply is more dignified than repeat pressing.
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