The following is a transcript of an actual conversation I had in my office elevator today. When I took it to go down to the lobby, it was already occupied by a random colleague from a higher floor. To see the sign in question, please view my post You're Climbing the Dutch Mountains.
Random colleague from higher floor: So you're ignoring the lovely signs and taking the elevator?
Emma: I try to avoid obeying signs whenever I can.
Random colleague: So this is your way of rebelling against authority?
Emma: Exactly.
Random colleague: But what if everyone in our society disobeyed signs? We'd have chaos.
(Emma loses all interest in the conversation)
Emma: That's a philosphical question, and those are above my pay grade.
(They reach the lobby and part ways)
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"She stopped, she looked at her brother. 'Isn't life,' she stammered, 'isn't life-.' But what life was she couldn't explain." Katherine Mansfield, The Garden Party
