here elevators (that dont just announce it) use one beep to indicate going up and two for going down (or it may be the other way around, but it is consistent even across brands)
even in situations with multiple elevators, i have never thought about whether or not the elevator is currently going in the direction i need it to - i just enter the first one that opens up, press my button, and wait until i arrive where i need to be
@ielenia@stella@jeder@natty@Elizafox@BryanGreyson I feel like this thread needs a reminder of elevator call systems and configurations. Not every elevator is designed to interrupt its up or down cycle to get you to the floor you entered. Not every elevator is on an up or down cycle either.
If you've ever been to a very busy place with multiple elevators then yes, it is kind of important to know what direction it is going. If it's a single elevator apartment complex where nobody is actually in the elevator at a given time (or such cases are rare) then no, it doesn't really matter.
I've been to a variety of places that have used either visual cues (the lights showing what direction), verbal cues "Going down" or both. I've been in elevators that beep and elevators that are dead silent. I've also never left the United States except for that one time I spent a week in Ontario. (even then, I didn't really take any elevators there so I can't add that to my data)
@natty@jeder@BryanGreyson@Elizafox@ielenia@stella Sometimes elevators idle on the ground floor and will go up just to bring someone down. There's so much more nuance to this I'm not really sure it's a continental divide
@puppygirlhornypost2@natty@BryanGreyson@Elizafox@ielenia@stella most of my elevator usage is on railway stations so i can't really say much since those usually have two, maybe three stops but in buildings if there's more than one floor chosen they usually go to the closest floor first so
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