Does the door close button in your elevator actually work? In Trapped In An Elevator, one expert said the button was a sham. But after viewers wrote to us disputing that, we decided to run a little ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Do all the buttons in an elevator work? Sometimes it seems like the elevator door stays open forever and there is a "close door" button for just those times, but does the button ...

After Trapped In An Elevator premiered last week, we started hearing from viewers who disagreed with one of our on-screen experts about a quirk of elevator operation: the door-close button. Does it ...

Let’s be honest, shall we? Every single one of us has pushed the ‘close door’ button in the elevator whether someone was coming or not because we just want to keep moving. Hey, I’ve done it. I’ve even ...

Editor's note: This column is part of 'Why Do We?' — a weekly video series hosted by culture expert Martin Lindstrom that untangles unique quirks of human behavior. Click here for the full series page ...

When you push the “door close” button on an elevator, does it really work? Some think it’s just there as a “placebo,” but a tech website says the buttons really do work.March 8, 2016 ...