It’s Hard To Go Up In This World
A new hire walks into the office building at the same time as I. We’re on the first floor (ground floor to you Europeans), and I see them repeatedly push the ‘down’ button to summon the elevator.
Me: *Pushing the ‘up’ button.* “You’re on the same floor as me, right?”
New Hire: “Yup!”
Me: “Oh, it’s just you’re pushing the down button. There’s nothing in the basement.”
New Hire: “Oh! Haha.” *Gestures to the entire two-button elevator summoning system.* “I can never understand how these things work.”
They were hired as an engineer…
