Office Worker Gets Petty Revenge Against Delivery Driver By Locking Him Out Because He Didn't Hold The Elevator

Ah, the age-old debate of elevator etiquette. How long should you keep those sliding doors at bay for a fellow traveler? Now, if we’re talking about a high-rise with a fleet of lightning-quick elevators, I’d say a gracious 3-5 seconds window seems fair. But a rickety old lift in a tiny building? That’s where knowingly allowing the doors to close on someone, especially after a shared glance, becomes a solid jerk move.

Let’s take a look at an epic tale of office elevator pettiness that recently went viral on Reddit’s Petty Revenge sub.

Here’s the scene: an office worker, just a few strides behind a delivery driver, watched as the driver entered the elevator. The driver turned around, their gazes met, and with the smallest hint of a smirk, he let the doors close right before the worker could get on board. Talk about a cold elevator diss!

But as fate would have it, our office hero wasn’t left waiting for long. Another elevator, faster than the first, whisked him right up to their shared destination. When he arrived, the worker found himself facing the office door – a door that required a key card and auto-locked after closing. As the driver approached, package in hand, the worker swiped his card, entered, and allowed the door to close (and lock!) right before the delivery guy could catch up.

The tables turned, the smirks exchanged, and a lesson in elevator courtesy learned – or so we hope. And all of this went down in the vast arena of the internet, where it rapidly caught fire and became a hot topic for Reddit users’ amusement. The moral of the story? Never underestimate the power of a little pettiness in the world of office elevators.