Let's Get Brainwashed.

Why do elevators have mirrors? Is it a safety thing? Elevators are so awkward, especially with mirrors. I know anthropologists have done studies on elevators. I want to know why some designer or building code has to make an awkward situation even more awkward.

Today two guys were in the elevator with me, asking questions about my company, and then they said something about another company and laughed. I had no idea what they were talking about. They said, "Did you read that article?" And I said no. They talked to me in the mirror. In other words, we all stared ahead at ourselves, watching our reflections talk to each other. At that moment when I said no, it was like I had failed the test. I didn't keep up with our industry, and their eyes seemed to be questioning my presence in the building. I wondered if they felt they had revealed too much, and now I was going to expose their company knowledge to the world. Luckily, the trip down to the first floor was over, and they went to the right and I went to the left.

ELEVATORS:SROTAVELE

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