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Why are we so awkward in lifts? "You don't have enough space," says Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin. "Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm's length of distance between us. And that's not possible in most elevators, so it's a very unusual setting.
Why people don t talk in elevators?
A recent study has found that the majority of people would rather not make small talk with strangers while riding in an elevator. 65% of those surveyed preferred to ride in silence, a quarter of which because they simply feel uncomfortable to talking to anyone they don't know.
Why do strangers often avoid eye contact on a crowded elevator?
If the elevator is crowded, people stare at the ceiling, at the ground, or at the floor selection buttons – doing everything they can to avoid interacting. University of Chicago Professor Dario Maestripieri believes this behavior is an instinctive response to a perceived dangerous social situation.
