is it a wonkavator?

with the faster-than-a-speeding-bullet advances in technology, you'd think we could have gotten the elevator down by now. but no. i am all too frequently appalled at how bad elevators can be. i needed to go up one floor, from 15 to 16, in my office building. i ended up going up to 18, then down to the lobby, then stopping on 14, before i could get where i was going. did i push the button wrong? no. i'm pretty sure there's only one way to push the elevator button. it even lit up. i think i'm having a mechanical meltdown, either of the elevator or my brain.