When we first moved to Korea, our building was very new. And the elevators weren't finished yet. But when they were finally completed and the cardboard was removed - all the gleaming stainless steel unveiled and the lovely astrological floor tiles revealed (just wait, I'm saving that for the next post) - we noticed these wonderfully helpful rules for everyday elevator use.
Of course, we can't really read them. Or rather, we can read them, sound out the syllables at least, but we have no idea what they mean. So we have spent many a trip up or down theorizing as to what they might say, using the pictures for guidance. And the following are what we've settled on...
1. Don't karate chop the buttons.
And especially not with your eyes closed.
2. Call the Mitsibushi maintenance man if you're stuck.
On the apparently cordless phone that I still can't find anywhere in these elevators.
3. Don't throw your cat at the door. And jump up and down on the elevator.
Mo Cat particularly appreciates this one. Although, we're not entirely sure if you're not supposed to throw him at the door AND you're not supposed to jump up and down on the elevator, or if you're just not supposed to throw him at the door WHILE you jump up and down. Mo votes for the former, but some days, we vote for the latter. Depends how many times he has bitten me on a given day. Seriously, he bit me in the stomach yesterday. The stomach.
4. Don't crowd the elevator when they need to carry the pig out on a stretcher.
"They" apparently being the Mitsibushi maintenance man and a ghost? Who is somehow also crowding the elevator with everyone else at the same time.
Anyway, these are our best guesses. If you have better ideas, let me know.
When we arrived back this weekend from our latest home leave trip, we found one of the elevator buttons broken. I guess you really can't karate chop them after all.
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