Comics: The Awkward Elevator Moment

skp

girls should have freedom

Bobby

Yes, I know that feel. Happens to me every time I enter elevator.

liberal

Women are free to go wherever they want to.

femenist

We should respect women.

One more

The elevator door opened and saw 2 ladies and a man, may be in his thirties. I entered and greeted good morning. No response. I turned my face, cursing myself.

Don

A professor told me about this conversation. In the elevator he commented to another professor that he was having trouble finding a babysitter. Just then the doors opened and several students entered. After the commotion settled the other professor turned to the first and said, “There is a very nice 14-year-old girl in my neighborhood. You might like to give her a call.” Everyone turned and looked at the two of them, shocked, but he only said, “You missed the first part of the conversation.”

Camma

Turning red when Frederique van der Wal (circa 1995) turned to me and told me I had nice blue eyes.

punk

In high-school a buddy and I got stuck in an elevator for 4 hours. They had to drag the maintenance guy away from his daughters wedding..

mahood

Nice one.

egd16

Because men are NEVER called "guys" or are sexually assaulted.

timo

I completely fail to see how anyone can take offense to this. Is the cosmetics department also offensive? Activewear? Shoes? If the lady has to go home and look up the guidelines to determine whether she is supposed to be offended then clearly she is reaching. Reaching for some cheap limelight from the looks of it.

Taiko

If this advice had been given in the UK, I'd say "more misandric bullsh1t designed to demonise males." However, things are a bit different in Japan, which is why women-only trains exist.

Barry

Well, if the goal is to increase the general misogyny in the world, I think its a great start. Surely a lot of men will begin down the path of hating women once they have received this treatment a few times. And what results do you expect from that?

noah

Better idea. As part of Abenomics and to reduce unemployment, put a dude/woman with lightstick or ill-fitting uniform in every elevator in the country, thus preventing attacks.

bushmaster2000

Actually, no we wouldn't. Just because some guy gets on the elevator and a woman doesn't like how he looks, it doesn't give the woman carte blanche to assault him.

Novenachama

Alex Einz said: 1. Just use the darn stairs! Always take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spots)

James

Best advice for men - refrain from entering buildings as they may have elevators, and some insecure neurotic woman may have just exited an elevator looking for a man to fear and accuse of being a rapist.

Dowson

This article and some of the comments make me think that I should never get into an elevator with a woman in case I am assumed to be a pervert. If a woman gets in the elevator I should probably get out quickly. I didn't realise society was operating on this level of fear.

Alex Einz

I got a better suggestion that would work both to keep ladies on good physical form and reduce the stupidity in the above suggestion... Ladies that are scared of men and afraid every second something will happen can do : Study self protection ( effective and well popular ) or...and even better for the form! Just use the darn stairs!

kibousha

Why is it that "fight back" never advised ? Afraid that it would break the "wa" spirit of Japanese women ? I saw a documentary once on discovery channel about FBI profiling rapists. They basically asked rapists "what make good targets ?". One of the result was "appearing weak". Most would give up if the to-be victim even put up a little bit of a fight, for fear of getting caught if they can't do their act fast enough.

Dannis

Introduce women only Elevators? Don't solve the cause solve a symptom!

candice

Or how about we teach men it's not ok to grope or grab or sexually harass women? What an idea!

Storm

Damm not every man who stpes into an elevator is a baddie. Next they will have woman only elevators. Fairly ridiculous sexist stupid article really.

Chin chaen

According to Tokyo police Take care when riding elevators if someone enters just before the doors close. If you find yourself alone with a person you do not know, stand in the location shown in the diagram, keeping your back to the wall, not the other person. Stand close to where you can reach the emergency bell, and get off the elevator at the nearest floor. After doing so, check to see which floor the elevator has stopped at before boarding again and making your way to your floor.

sita

As harassing women at workplaces are really common so its not her mistake that she thought in that way maybe she is the victim of harassment.

kendra

Don't be quick in judging others.

lara

Coincidence that both are going in the same direction that never happened that way by the way

queen

Look how negative thought can affect someones life.

phillips

Not mine but a good friend's story: My friend was a Japanese interpreter for the 2006 Pan Pacific swimming championships in Tokyo. She happened to be staying at the same hotel as the USA swim team. She got onto an elevator late one night and Michael Phelps and another female swimmer were already in the elevator. As they were ascending, Phelps and the girl were going off about how they were going to rail each other and just literally fuck until they passed out. They assumed that my friend who is Japanese-american didn't understand a lick of english. My friend got off a few floors below them. When exiting she told them to "have a nice night". She didn't look back but I can only imagine their faces showed some embarrassment. But then again its Michael Phelps so he probably didn't even care.

Grogan72

I was a teenager, in a hotel elevator in NYC with a younger girl I knew and I couldn't resist the urge so I jumped...........up in the air, and when I landed, the elevator wobbled, and froze in between floors. The girl started bawling, believing we would fall to our deaths 42 floors below. We were stuck there for 30 minutes before they opened the doors and had us slide out.

Razril

I have a Japanese friend who lives here in the Philippines. During her first month she found herself alone in an elevator with some guy who just spontaneously started singing. It's not really that common here, but yeah, it does happen. My friend was totally shocked, she didn't know what to do, if it was some culture-thing or if she was expected to do anything or what... ...so she clapped.

Evan

if we consider at road side scene it's ok, but in elevator dont consider old assumtions on everyone or your bad experience thoughts on everyone

Bembons

nobody can untill she dont allow

Torreto001

Why, debating on something useless which we cannot clarify?

Ace2896

All men are the same.

Davy jones

she was just curious

Albert

See, @Rose has cleared that it can also happen by women's side :D

Rose

It's really weird when we have to stay there with a man for a minute unless he is handsome :P :P

Obrien

She, ran away just because his house was in the same direction :P Poor assumptions, but for a girl at night maybe considered as positive one.

Ramson56

Without anything you know about the other person how someone can blame?

blurr

Don't just stick to elevator, move on and take everything in it, you will find it everywhere

Monto987

@Rocky89, Mostly by men, please check out the worldwide ration.

Rocky89

it dosen't always by men's side :P women's are also caught doing the same stuff.

jacob449

Why considering something like this in just elevator's? it happend everywhere whenever someone determined to it.

Romen

Often, word is little awkward, well i don't think so that happend a lot, i mean how much someone can tease other or a women in a minute or 2

Blesh

@Nina, I was just making it more funny, that dosen't mean that you can apply your ugly words every men got it.

Nina

@Blush, Exactly that's how all men thought about women's when they found some point like that.

Blesh

Yeahhhh, Lust start's when lift doors will be closed :P

Leo

Well, It happens often in real life,

Daniel

@Abraham, I mean don't judge other person that weather he's good or bad just on your assumption

Amanda

Exactly Totally agreed with Daniel.

Abraham

@Daniel, What do you mean by that?

Daniel

Well, At least do not assume anything by yourself