Thursday, November 13, 2008

Elevator vs. Stairs

She pushes the up arrow button on the elevator panel.

Her face has a frustrated look on it. She sighs heavily and then looks down at her watch. She looks up at the elevator again to see if the doors are going to come open. She looks behind her and sees another women waiting as well.

The women behind her looks down at her watch too. She sees that it is two minutes before her class begins, thinking that her class is on the third floor. She decides to take the stairs, dreading the long hike to her classroom.

Meanwhile, the women is still hopefully waiting that the elevator doors will open so she can save her energy by not using the stairs.

She sighs more heavily in frustration. She looks at her watch again, at that moment she hears the doors to the elevator open.

She jumps on and pushes the button that will take her to the third floor.

Soon the elevator stops and lets her off. She rushes to her classroom and she glances at the clock and sees that she is five minutes late. She notices the women that has behind her waiting for the elevator. She said out loud, "Next time, I am using the stairs."

1 comment:

linda said...

Good post. It's like waiting in the checkout line and you always see the other lines move faster than yours! I'm a stairs person because then I'm in control!!!