Lift priority button combo - urban myth or truth?

[The Brain]

And no April 11th is anniversary of family member being murdered.

Jackasses

[Syt]

And no April 11th is anniversary of family member being murdered.

Jackasses

[jimmy olsen]

And no April 11th is anniversary of family member being murdered.

Jackasses

I'm so sorry

[katmai]

I now realize why I never told you all.

But thanks guys, the killer was caught and tried, will never be free again.

[Jaron]

April 11th is the exs bday. Sure as hell ain't celebrating that this year either.

[Barrister]

I now realize why I never told you all.

But thanks guys, the killer was caught and tried, will never be free again.

The system works!

[Grey Fox]

I like our anniversary.

I have no idea about priority mode, don't usually use elevators.

[alfred russel]

So, about two weeks ago someone told me that apparently most lifts have a "priority" mode built in. According to him, if you press the button of the floor you want to go to simultaneously with the door-closing button, the lift won't stop at any intervening floors, even if someone called the lift to them earlier.

I was quite incredulous about it, as you can imagine, but since I have been doing this and always got to my floor of destination without stops. Now of course this could be a coincidence, but I was wondering if anyone heard about it at all.

Am I understanding the post? Martinus tried out the priority mode for two weeks, and it always worked, but is now asking us if priority mode exists?

[Josquius]

So, about two weeks ago someone told me that apparently most lifts have a "priority" mode built in. According to him, if you press the button of the floor you want to go to simultaneously with the door-closing button, the lift won't stop at any intervening floors, even if someone called the lift to them earlier.

I was quite incredulous about it, as you can imagine, but since I have been doing this and always got to my floor of destination without stops. Now of course this could be a coincidence, but I was wondering if anyone heard about it at all.

Am I understanding the post? Martinus tried out the priority mode for two weeks, and it always worked, but is now asking us if priority mode exists?

Could be a coincidence.

[DGuller]

So far I'm 1 for 1 at work.  When I did the sequence that Marti described, the door immediately closed, and the elevator went past the floors in the middle without chiming as it usually does.  Could be a coincidence, but I'll perform many more tries. 

One thing I realized is that there may be a bias in people's samples of this trick.  I imagine that people would be trying this only when they're alone, to avoid strange looks, and that's the most likely time when no one else needs an elevator.

[alfred russel]

So far I'm 1 for 1 at work.  When I did the sequence that Marti described, the door immediately closed, and the elevator went past the floors in the middle without chiming as it usually does.  Could be a coincidence, but I'll perform many more tries. 

One thing I realized is that there may be a bias in people's samples of this trick.  I imagine that people would be trying this only when they're alone, to avoid strange looks, and that's the most likely time when no one else needs an elevator.

Now I understand why I didn't understand the need for a thread. If you are going from floor 1 to floor 3, why not just press 2 and 3, with 3 using the lift priority trick.

I figured that is what Martinus was trying.

[Razgovory]

In psychology this is called "Magical thinking".

[DGuller]

Now I understand why I didn't understand the need for a thread. If you are going from floor 1 to floor 3, why not just press 2 and 3, with 3 using the lift priority trick.

I figured that is what Martinus was trying.

What's the point of pressing 2?  The express trick may be real, but may not be programmed to override the previous floor selections.  The point of this trick is that if you're going from floor 1 to floor 20, you will be doing it in one motion, rather than stopping on the way to your floor to pick up some jerks in the middle.

[Josquius]

So far I'm 1 for 1 at work.  When I did the sequence that Marti described, the door immediately closed, and the elevator went past the floors in the middle without chiming as it usually does.  Could be a coincidence, but I'll perform many more tries. 

One thing I realized is that there may be a bias in people's samples of this trick.  I imagine that people would be trying this only when they're alone, to avoid strange looks, and that's the most likely time when no one else needs an elevator.

True.
Someone should just try a simple scientific experiment.
Get a friend to wait at floor 2 whilst you start on the ground floor and try try to go up to 4, via phone tell him when to press the call lift button and see if it stops for him,

[alfred russel]

Now I understand why I didn't understand the need for a thread. If you are going from floor 1 to floor 3, why not just press 2 and 3, with 3 using the lift priority trick.

I figured that is what Martinus was trying.

What's the point of pressing 2?  The express trick may be real, but may not be programmed to override the previous floor selections.  The point of this trick is that if you're going from floor 1 to floor 20, you will be doing it in one motion, rather than stopping on the way to your floor to pick up some jerks in the middle.

To see if it works? If I'm a cop needing to get to floor 20 quickly, I'd not only want to avoid skipping picking up new people, but also letting out people pressing intermediate floors. If there is an override, my guess is it would override everything.