We should be grateful for these elevator operators. Without them, each senator would likely have their own button pusher on staff. Instead of a small cadre of highly trained and specialized elevator operators to serve the entire Senate, we would have an army of 100 elevator operators. Of course, those guys could do double duty, carrying cups of coffee, opening doors and flushing toilets . . .
Oh wait, we probably already have well more than 100 folks doing those kinds of chores. Truth is, few senators go anywhere without staff present. Let the staff guys press the elevator buttons.
To be fair, I’ve been to the U.S. Capitol and the congressional office buildings many times. The Capitol, in particular, is a sea of people. A lot of them are tourists who don’t really understand how to behave in an office building. I don’t begrudge the senators and congressmen having reserved elevators — they do have places to go and a schedule to keep, after all — but they could accomplish the same thing by installing a key card reader on certain elevators. Hotels don’t have any trouble keeping the riff-raff off of certain elevators. Surely the Capitol staff could figure this out.
ROTFL... So. True. I cannot escape that logic.