All kinds of “private” in public places

There are many people who consider the elevator – a public place as their own room. It’s about carefree couples showing intimate behavior regardless of whether the elevator is empty or crowded. Or many people blatantly walk their pets into the elevator despite the discomfort of other passengers. This behavior is rated as dangerous for elevator users if it is an aggressive animal.

In Vietnam, there is no provision for banning animals in elevators, so it depends on the owner’s conscience

In apartment buildings, although the elevator is often crowded, there are women who use the elevator as a place to coax children to eat. Every morning, noon, and afternoon, the mothers and grandmothers follow the children with a bowl of porridge and a bottle of milk. Someone put their child in the elevator, let the child press all the buttons in the elevator cabin. They let the elevator run up and down many times until the children had finished their meal. In addition to annoying others, using the elevator to coax children to eat can cause unpredictable and dangerous consequences for both mother and child when the elevator has problems due to pressing many button at the same time. Not to mention, many children cry, vomit, … make the entire elevator cabin floor dirty.

The elevator cabin floor has been rusted due to dirty water and waste

In some resettlement apartments, social housing or some other public places, the elevator has reluctantly become… the toilet of some people. Mr. NQT, who lives in a resettlement apartment in Hoang Mai district, Hanoi, is very upset when he reports the reality of two elevators where he lives. He said that for a long time, elevators were often used by people who lacked consciousness to urinate into the cabin. For a long time, both cabins had punctured floors and had to be replaced. However, after a while, the steel cabin floor had the first rust stains that everyone knew the cause but could not take effective measures to prevent.

“Dark area” for illegal acts

When there are only two people in an elevator, an enclosed space such as a cabin can facilitate bad behavior, including breaking the law. And there will be victims, especially women and children or the vulnerable.

Not long ago, a 20-year-old female student entered the elevator of the Gold Palm apartment complex in Hanoi and was flirted with by an unknown man, asking for her phone number, but this girl refused. Immediately after, the girl was cornered by this guy in the elevator, forced to kiss. The incident, which happened when there were only two people, raised concerns in the community.

The “forced kiss” case of a female student in the elevator at the Gold Palm apartment complex (Hanoi)

According to the image recorded from the security camera in the elevator, when a girl entered the elevator at Galaxy 9 apartment building on Nguyen Khoai Street, Ward 1, District 4, a man also entered. The elevator door closed, this man suddenly hugged and groped. Although the girl push away, the man still controlled her until the elevator door opened.

Or last year, a 36-year-old woman living in a high-class apartment building in District 2 and a foreign man entered the elevator. When the elevator stopped, she stepped out first when the man patted her and said rude words, …

All subjects with bad behavior above have been handled by the authorities. However, the number of incidents of harassment in the elevator in a row has warned that the elevator cabin is an “unsafe” place.

Let’s cherish the etiquette in public places!

The fact is that there are people who still think that the elevator is a private place and they have inetiquette, even illegal behaviors in this public space. But the elevator is inherently a means of public transport. Therefore, it is necessary to behave appropriately, culturally and respect the law.

Elevator etiquette is also taught to children in Japan

In Japan, taking the elevator is not simply walking in and out, choosing a floor. The Japanese consider taking the elevator as a cultural feature as well as a measure of civility and behavior. When using the elevator in a public place, people waiting for the elevator always wait about 2 meters from the elevator landing door and wait for the people inside the elevator cabin to exit before they start entering. Whoever enters the elevator first will have the “responsibility” to hold the button to open the elevator for everyone. The Japanese also respect personal privacy, do not talk loudly and answer the phone in the elevator.

The French respect order when entering the elevator door, they stand in two rows on both sides in front of the elevator door. The French always make room for children, the elderly, women and people with disabilities to enter the cabin first. In the elevator, the French behave gently, respect everyone around, do not cause noise and disorder, showing civility in public.

Meanwhile, the use of elevators in Korea has unwritten laws. The person entering first should stand on the right to avoid traffic jams. If you want to go up first then you have to move to the left of the elevator and step up…

To limit the “darkness” of the elevator, a fairly effective solution has been applied in many countries, including Vietnam, is to install security cameras in the elevator cabin. This device both helps control all activities in the elevator, and is a way to make people with bad intentions beware. In some cases, the camera will store evidence to help unmask and handle bad guys. The camera also helps the security department to promptly recognize, help the elevator troubleshooting and rescue take place more smoothly and safely.

But above all, in order to form a civilization, each person using the elevator first needs to be more aware of himself anywhere, in any situation to join hands to create a culture of good behavior. Be a civilized person even when using the elevator./.