Why Take the Stairs?

I won't lie. The elevator's been good to me. Traveled down 12 floors with a certain A.J. Pierzynski today. He even held the door for me. Afterwards, I really did some soul searching and concluded that I've been too hard on the guy. By the time I looked back, it was too late to hug it out.

With a nod to Nick Hornby, here are my top 5 elevator rides

5. A.J. Pierzynski – Brief eye contact and pleasantries.
4. John Stroger. Pre-stroke. On the way out, I told him to keep up the good work.
3. Christie Hefner – Heavy eye contact while she chatted up an underling. Was she checking me out?
2. Barack Obama – Pre-Senate. Just the two of us. Primary campaign strategy was discussed. Hands were shaken.
1. Mayor Daley – Ran to catch a closing elevator, stumbled in, and found myself introduced to the mayor by a co-worker. Had the wits to pull off a "Is it take your mayor to work day?" joke. He laughed. My finest moment.