I hate the elevator too. I used to avoid them like the plague, especially since I could usually make it up the stairs faster anyway. But now that I've got a baby, I find I have to take the elevator more often since his stroller can't do stairs (and it's way too big to fold and take up the stairs with him in the opposite hand). I hate it because I always get stuck riding the elevator with some lazy fat that isn't disabled or anything, they just couldn't be arsed to take the stairs. Like how is it not embarrassing?