I’m not arguing that this must have been elevator-man’s motivation, but that not wanting to risk asking someone out in front of lots of others is a very common sentiment. I certainly remember the process of trying to ask a girl on a date in high school, and trying to find a moment alone was always a part of it.
Everyone faces that problem. But even if this is a primary reason for the man’s actions (and I have seen nothing to favour the hypothesis), the man still found a really bad solution.
I explicitly said that it doesn’t matter whether that in particular was his motivation. There are a number of perfectly acceptable reasons for his behavior and I can think of several off the top of my head that are more plausible than “he was trying to intimidate her into having sex.”
Everyone faces that problem. But even if this is a primary reason for the man’s actions (and I have seen nothing to favour the hypothesis), the man still found a really bad solution.
I explicitly said that it doesn’t matter whether that in particular was his motivation. There are a number of perfectly acceptable reasons for his behavior and I can think of several off the top of my head that are more plausible than “he was trying to intimidate her into having sex.”