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The Human Algorithm

My flat has a pair of lifts for serving 12 floors. However, the lifts, or whoever programmed it, or whoever directed the programming, were lazy.

Example, left lift on 12th floor, right lift on 2nd floor, and me on first floor.

Someone on 4th floor presses the button to go to the 6th floor, so the nearest right lift will respond to him.

I press the button and the left lift comes for me, slowly. It however will stop at 6th, gives up, as the right lift is now coming for me.

Whoever thought this was energy-efficient?

I know a family on 5th floor who would simultaneously press both up down buttons.