Can I help you?

Some days, I'm a little bit special.

Right now I'm staying at a hotel with my boyfriend. The hotel is about a 15 minute drive from where I actually live, but as he's only visiting for a week I want to spend as much time with him as possible. However, both of us are still working. I finish my day about 3 hours before he does, which I rather enjoy because I have some time to get stuff done before he shows up.

Yesterday we were invited to have dinner with my parents. The boyfriend and I agreed that when he finished work he would stop by and pick me up so we could head to my house together. I got back to the room after a long, exhausting day and decided to have a quick nap. Two hours later I woke up with just enough time to shower and get ready before he headed over to get me. I jumped up and got ready as quickly as I could, then headed off to wait for him outside. I got in the elevator and casually reached over to press the button for the main floor at the very bottom of the panel on the left-hand side, forgetting that the button was actually a few rows up. Instead I press the emergency call button.

Immediately, panic starts to set in.

First, I press the button a few times to see if I can turn it off. No luck. As the phone starts ringing, I glance up at the floor indicator to see if the elevator was still moving or if I managed to get myself stuck. All I saw when I looked up was a big "X". Not good. Finally, someone answers the phone and, very calmly, says "Does anyone there need assistance?" Quickly turning beet red, I admitted what had actually happened and I was assured that it was no problem.

Later I found out that the elevator ALWAYS says "X" at that point because there is no second floor, and I'm sure that I'm not the first person to press the wrong button. But every time I get in the elevator now I double check which one I'm pushing before I actually push it.