Waiting is a difficult thing to practice. We live in a culture of immediacy. Apparently the most used button in a lift – the one which is most likely to be rubbed smooth – is the ‘close door’ button. (Check it out next time you’re in one.) I am one of those cynics who are inclined to believe the rumour that most such lift buttons are not actually wired in – they are just there as a stress reliever so that we feel like we are doing something to speed things up. – Krish Kandiah

Krish Kandiah, 2014, Paradoxology, London: Hodder & Stoughton, p.151

Waiting is a difficult thing to practice. We live in a culture of immediacy. Apparently the most used button in a lift – the one which is most likely to be rubbed smooth – is the ‘close door’ button. (Check it out next time you’re in one.) I am one of those cynics who are inclined to believe the rumour that most such lift buttons are not actually wired in – they are just there as a stress reliever so that we feel like we are doing something to speed things up. – Krish Kandiah

Krish Kandiah, 2014, Paradoxology, London: Hodder & Stoughton, p.151