Stupid Elevator Games

Ships have a main deck- and it is as you might assume, the main deck. It
has offices in the house, and the side decks that lead fore and aft to the
docking and anchoring equipment. There are stairs that run from the main
deck up to the wheelhouse (deckhouse deck 1-7), then another set that runs
from the main deck down to the tank top (deck 1-5, or the "tanktop," as the
lowest floor is known).

The elevator runs clear from the tanktop all the way up to the wheelhouse.
In case of emergency there is a hatch in the lid and a ladder that goes all
the way up to the wheelhouse, but otherwise it is exactly like any elevator
you've ever been on, ship's numbering aside.

Well, being a ship full of smart-asses, if the engineers are using the
elevator and keeping it on their floors to ferry stuff up and down between
decks 1 and 5, people get pissed and once they get their turn they send it
up to the wheelhouse to foil the engineers. I watched one deckhand go from
the main deck up to deckhouse deck 1 (one level) but hit every single button
for every single floor above the main deck just to piss off the engineers.

And if it was you, you'll swear, you'd be above it all (no pun intended) and
not play stupid elevator games... which is exactly the same thoughts I
originally had about it. But no. It becomes irresistable. And once you
give in it becomes easier.

My favorite variation is when someone is waiting to go up (or down) and I
take the stairs and hit the "up" button (or down) on the next level. It's
even better when you can do multiple floors. Or if everyone is on the main
floor waiting for it, hit the wheelhouse and the tanktop floors. When the
elevator stops at a floor for no reason, and there is no one there waiting
when the doors open... well, you know you got played.