How To Be a Person on an Elevator (Or in Any Other Confined Public Space)

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The fact that I even feel it necessary to write this in the first place is enough to inspire a dramatic eye roll, but here we are — in a world where common sense is about as common as common courtesy (i.e., not so common).

I recently went on a week-long cruise, my first time on a boat the size of a small city, and I learned a lot about how…