Typically, my existence is not at all interesting. My doors open, one or more people step in, my doors close. I go up or I go down. My doors open, one or more people step out, one or more people step in, my doors close. I go up or I go down. Repeat ad nauseam.
The Humans who ride me are almost always adults. I have noticed that the females generally have partially-bare legs, and their feet are often set at an unusual angle because of a short stick underneath the back of each foot. I have also seen that most of the males wear rather constricting items around the neck. It must simply be social custom.
I go up or I go down. Repeat ad nauseam.
There are periods of time where almost no one makes use of my services. In those periods, I simply rest and wait until I am summoned. Then I either go up or I go down to where I am needed, my doors open, one or more people step in, my doors close, I go up or I go down, my doors open, one or more people step out.
Then there are much longer periods of time where I can truly rest. My internal clock shows that I can be dormant for more than forty-eight hours during these times. On rare occasions, I may be dormant for up to one hundred hours, or perhaps even longer than that. But all too soon, I am performing my usual services once again.
My doors open, one or more people step in, my doors close.
It was during a particularly long dormant period when I was called once again to render my services. I was actually a bit thankful to be called, as I was getting bored, and Humans always provide a nice distraction for me after a long dormant period.
Answering the summons, I arrived at the main floor and opened my doors. There were two Humans awaiting me: a male and a female. They stood respectfully apart, pointedly ignoring each other, waiting for my doors to fully open, and then the male gestured toward me and the female stepped into me before he followed her into me. This was not uncommon, for I had many times witnessed a male allowing a female to enter or exit me first, and had come to believe that females must be particularly revered amongst Humans.