ELEVATORS PROVIDE PASSENGERS WITH MORE THAN UPS AND DOWNS.Byline: Sharon Honaker Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Daily newspaper published in Chicago. The Tribune is one of the leading U.S. newspapers and long has been the dominant voice of the Midwest. Founded in 1847, it was bought in 1855 by six partners, including Joseph Medill (1823–99), who made the paper All right, you can drop the act. When you get on an elevator elevator, in machinery elevator, in machinery, device for transporting people or goods from one level to another. The term is applied to the enclosed structures as well as the open platforms used to provide vertical transportation in buildings, large ships, , you're only pretending to look at the floor numbers. What you're really doing is checking out the other passengers. That's OK, since they're probably looking at you too. And if they see something interesting, they might try to strike up a conversation, especially if they're men. To find out what people do on elevators, Schindler Elevator Co. recently surveyed 1,014 adults. More than 60 percent - almost an equal number of women and men - admitted they quickly glance at other passengers. ``It seems, slyly or not, everyone is checking everybody else out,'' says Katharyn Rucki, manager of corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. for the Morristown, N.J., company. But when it comes to making small talk with strangers, men break the silence the most, 51 percent vs. 47 percent. Women, on the other hand, tend to protect their privacy. They're more apt to stop a conversation with a friend or colleague when someone else gets on. Women are also much more safety conscious. If the doors are closing, 57 percent of them would wait, rather than trying to get on the elevator, compared to 49 percent of the men. More than twice the number of men said they would use anything - a newspaper, umbrella or hand - to keep the doors open. When asked about personal elevator etiquette etiquette, name for the codes of rules governing social or diplomatic intercourse. These codes vary from the more or less flexible laws of social usage (differing according to local customs or taboos) to the rigid conventions of court and military circles, and they that's downright down·right adj. 1. Thoroughgoing; unequivocal: a downright lie. 2. Forthright; candid. adv. Thoroughly; absolutely. annoying, men take the lead. Eight percent said they whistled or hummed, compared to 5 percent of women. Surprisingly only 14 percent of all respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. said they adjusted their appearance, and then more men admitted to it than women. ``I thought that number was low, but maybe people didn't want to own up to primping,'' says Rucki. It seems elevators are more than mere transportation. Several respondents reported seeing someone changing a diaper. Others said they had witnessed arguments, kissing and even overt sexual passes. Perhaps the one statistic statistic, n a value or number that describes a series of quantitative observations or measures; a value calculated from a sample. statistic a numerical value calculated from a number of observations in order to summarize them. that doesn't seem possible is that only 2 percent said they had ever gotten off on the wrong floor. |
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