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Wait... Why Do We Do That?

Wait... Why Do We Do That?

Why Do Elevators Have a Close Door Button?

· 20 min · Season 1 Episode 9

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Why Do Elevators Have a Close Door Button?You step into an elevator. Press your floor. Then press the Close Door button. Nothing. So you press it again. Still nothing. Naturally, you press it another six times. Because apparently the elevator didn't understand how serious you were the first seven. But here's the question... Does that button actually do anything? In this episode of Wait... Why Do We Do That?, we investigate one of the most suspicious buttons in modern life: the elevator Close ...

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