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Why elevator close buttons may do nothing

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Your frantic jamming of the close button while making awkward eye contact with a running coworker is a theatrical performance. Those buttons are mostly hardwired out of passenger control, functioning only for emergency personnel with a bypass key. The door closes exactly when the automated timer decides it should, leaving you to deal with the social tension.

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