Lift ,Please?

Am I the only one troubled by lift users? Are we not supposed to follow certain etiquettes considering that is a public property? You of course know what to do in a lift.. but do you know what not to do? Read on. No wonder if you find yourself in one of the below situation as a victim or a culprit.

·        Do not attend/make a call while you are in a lift. Of course we know you don’t catch proper signal but we don’t deserve hear your shouting either.

·        Mirrors are attractive in lift. But you do have them everywhere else.. do not embarrass others by adjusting your saree pin or cleaning your nose or worse, moist your palms and set your hair. The co-lift users are not blind.

·        Yes I may be watching a video or chatting with a friend on phone. Not even in wildest dreams it can be porn, so kindly refrain from peeping into my proximity with your squint eyes.. I may throw up on you due to your nauseating perfume.

·        Mr.Mis-user of opportunity, if you try poking your elbow to my modest parts, I do not mind questioning you loud in public. Gone are the days when could you soothe your desires by act-accidentally touching a woman. Pay and receive respect.

·        I know you are immersed intensely in a mobile conversation. But you are not moving either. You are struck on my way to enter or exit the lift..hell even to the number panel. How am I supposed to press the button? I do not have zig-zag arms to trace the path to number panel without touching you... Kindly MOVE.

·        Do not, I repeat, do not check out the girl or guy you find very attractive in the lift. Simultaneously, someone next to you might be watching you in the mirror & catch you during your I-spy act. Better to stop yourself rather than hanging your head down in shame.

·        Be a gentleman. Let the lady in the lift exit first. Do not indulge in cheap pleasure of rubbing against her in the race of exiting the lift. However, you are not going to win any race in that fraction of second.

·        Last but of most importance, please spare people in the lift from dying of suffocation. If you are a person who does not like bathing every day, or least using a deo, please use stairs. Stay dirty but stay healthy.

The journey in the lift is short, If you can’t behave well during this short journey, you are nothing more than an animal.

Issued in the spirit of “Swach Bharath Andholan”, to cleanse your attitude towards small but a prominent public place.

Ashwini.