Does The 'Close Door' Button Actually Work?

Rachel Plotnick discusses the development of buttons and what they reveal about our interactions with technology.

Are there actually short cut button combinations in elevators that paramedics or police use to skip floors? - Quora

The “Door Close” button fell off of this elevator revealing there is nothing behind it, it's just a dummy button. : r/mildlyinteresting

Main Elevator Inc. - It's sad to say, but the close door button is mostly there to make you feel better. It usually only works with a key.

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Hotel Elevator “Close Door” Buttons: Do They Actually Work? - UponArriving

David Scrimshaw's Blog: A useful open elevator door button

We knew it, hitting 'close door' on an elevator can do nothing – New York Daily News

Many pedestrian crossing buttons don't work during the day — but psychologists say push them anyway - ABC News

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