Do you have to press your elevator floor again if someone else enters?

Question

This is awhile ago, but I'm curious since I don't usually take elevators, and had this strange and awkward moment.

I was at a hospital visiting a patient, and was leaving. I was going to the first floor. I was on a higher floor, so I went in, alone, and pressed the first floor. It goes down and stops before getting to the first floor. It opens and people come in with me, and then one of the guys says "You going anywhere?" Assuming I needed to press the first floor again because he had entered?

Is this correct? If the elevator makes a stop, does the direction/floor of the elevator have to be reassigned?

I had assumed that it would go to the first floor since I came first, then go to where they wanted afterwards.

Rosalie · Accepted Answer

No,it would have gone to the first floor since you had in fact pressed the button.
Not sure why the other person said that, but it wasn't because the elevator had not been programmed.
It may always have the first floor as the default, and he was being polite and asking if you wanted any other button pressed, but obviously, it was redundant. His mistake, not yours.

? · Answer

Yes, what I do in there is my business.

WRG · Answer

No

Mutt · Answer

A very simple way to tell - Look at the buttons. If "1" (or what ever floor you are going to) is lit up, then the elevator is going to stop there. It may make other stops along the way, but it will eventually stop there.

If it's not lit, push it again.

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Do you have to press your elevator floor again if someone else enters?

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