On Monday, everybody's fair game.
I try to get to work early on Monday so I don't have to deal with the elevator musical chairs. There are 6 types of people you will encounter on your way up or down at our building.
1. The Suits and Ties. These guys (lawyers or real estate people) talk about their last round of golf, how their BMW needs servicing, or how their portfolio is treating them that week. They also talk about how nice the receptionist's (INSERT BODY PART HERE) looks this morning; but that only happens when they are in the elevator with their male counterparts.
2. The JLo's. The JLo's come in the elevator car and move away as far as they can from you, as if you are the reincarnation of the Outbreak Monkey. They reek of the newest trendy designer perfume, and leave the Coach or Louis Vitton tag hanging from their bags, using it as a social indicator that they are a lot cooler than you are. If they are alone, they get on their cell fone in order to avoid any type of conversation or unecessary eye contact If they are with colleagues, not only do they look like a hip hop dance group because they are dressed so similarly, but their topic of conversation is usually devoid of any intelligence.
3. The khakis and polos. These are the most normal of the bunch, but often seek to start up worthless conversation about ideas they have very little knowleadge in. These are also, your fair weather sports fans that will discuss only the most sucessful sports team of that time period. 9 months ago, it was USC footbal. Laker basketball quickly got turned into talks on, "How 'bout them Dodgers?" And that is the topic of conversation now. I would lend a few bits and pieces, but I don't like to get into arguments with people who just don't undersatnd where i'm coming from.
4. The 'secretaries and receptionists' are next on the list. These people u can spot from a mile away because they are always in bad moods or have a facial expression as if they're about to stab someone. So, you keep to yourself. These are also the people who somewhat fall into the next category....
5. The One Floorers. These people just piss me off. These are the people that'l wait on the Lobby floor for 8 minutes, to travel 1 floor. If they had taken the stairs, not only would it have convenienced them, it would also convenienced the other elevator riders; we dont' need to stop on every fucking floor. It's not that difficult to walk 10 stair steps. These are the same people that wait 15 minutes to catch a bus, to ride it for one stop, which is 5 minutes walking distance from where they were waiting. These are also the people that never read instructions, and the laziness shows from their everyday actions.
6. And finally, you have the gentlmen from a company that does video game work. You can already imagine these individuals. They look lke they woke up and came to work in the same thing they hosted their LAN party with. U can almost see the potato chip crumbs in their unmaintained facial hair, and can smell the nicotine rising from their clothing. And the best trait! They're 30 years old, but they act like they're 10. And of course, they always run in packs. Nerds did that in high school...Safety in numbers, eh?
And so, those are the 6 types of people you can encounter on any given day here at work. That's why i take the freight elevator. I don't get bothered by anyone other than people I don't mind talking to...u know, the cleaning staff, the security guards, the caterers, the delivery people, etc....