Stairs Are Faster/Playing With

• Basic Trope: The elevator takes too long, so the character takes the stairs instead.
• Played Straight: On the run from Bob, Alice pushes the button for the elevator, but when Bob catches up, she takes the stairs instead.
• Exaggerated: The elevator takes 3 hours to go up one floor.
• Downplayed: Alice waits one second for the elevator before taking the stairs down one floor.
• Justified: Bob was seconds away from catching up to Alice so she had no time to wait.
  • Alternatively: The elevator was out of order.
  • Which floor the elevator is located at is displayed at the doors - Alice may have seen that all the elevators are too far away from her floor. Alternatively, there may be other people in the building chasing her - taking the elevator would mean Bob can tell his accomplices what floor she's at (especially if there's a chance one of them has access to a fire alarm, which would disable all elevators where they are and leave Alice a sitting duck).
• Inverted: Alice starts to take the stairs, but ends up taking the elevator instead.
• Subverted: Bob is just about to catch up to Alice when the elevator door opens.
• Double Subverted: But the elevator is full so Alice ends up taking the stairs.
• Parodied: The elevator door opens seconds after Alice leaves to take the stairs.
• Zig Zagged: Alice switches back and forth between stairs and the elevator.
• Deconstructed: In a rush to get away from Bob, Alice trips and breaks her leg.
• Reconstructed: When Bob catches up, Alice catches him by surprise by kicking him where it hurts with her other foot.
• Averted: The elevator door instantly opens giving Alice no problem.
• Enforced: ???
• Lampshaded: "Damn these elevators are slow! I could be at the bottom by the time this thing gets up here"
• Invoked: ???
• Exploited: Bob's accomplices are waiting for her in the stairway.
• Defied: Alice refuses to take the stairs and fights off Bob while waiting for the elevator.
• Discussed: ???
• Conversed: "Isn't it funny how elevators take the longest when characters need it the most?"