No, That Close Door Button on the Elevator Doesn't Work

Gizmodo has a nice little summary of a New Yorker article about a guy who got stuck in an elevator for almost two days. There's quite a bit of interesting elevator trivia, especially this bit:

...the Door Close button is there mostly to give passengers the illusion of control. In elevators built since the early '90s. The button is only enabled in emergency situations with a key held by an authority.