Recently while I was walking to a class on the first floor, I passed by our lovely Raymond Walters elevator and was amazed at the fact that there was a line waiting for its use. The disturbing part of this odd visual is that not a single one of the five to seven participants had anything in their possession that would not allow for them to use the stairs located ten feet behind them.
After further investigation of the participants in this act, I noticed that the majority were overweight, and I continue to see this resemblance every time the elevator opens and closes. Maybe, just maybe, the stairs would be a viable option to get some extra exercise.
Now I understand that three flights of stairs can be very difficult and time consuming, but this is absolutely embarrassing, and I am mildly ashamed to associate myself with this laziness that surrounds America. There is certainly no way that these fifty steps are going to hurt anyone, and I would like to assume that everyone using the elevator is going to the third floor. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that I would be dead wrong in that assumption.
By all means, if you have any condition that prohibits use of the stairs or are rolling a cart around that makes it impossible to use the stairs, then certainly use the elevators. That is what I believe they were installed for.
The problem occurs when the laziness of other individuals delay these members of RWC from getting around, because they just don’t feel like taking the stairs. It shouldn’t even be an option, and for the most part the running of stairs several times should be encouraged.
Oh and for the argument of ladies in heels, if you can’t wear them up stairs, then don’t wear them. As wonderful as heels look on females, the look loses its sophisticated and classy persona as you wait in line to avoid twenty steps.
The NFL has a slogan that declares, “Play 60,” which encourages youth to exercise sixty minutes a day for good health. Yet our college has youth avoiding sixty seconds of exercise.
All in all our elevator use remains optional, so since getting people not to take the easy way out is impossible, hopefully the ones using it for personal pleasure will at least get out of the way for the ones using it for necessity.