While elevators may feel like the extension of your office or apartment, they are public spaces where decorum is necessary.There are few places more ripe with the opportunity for awkwardness and even downright rude behaviour than lifts. They’re small, often crowded and require you to be mere inches from complete strangers.When it comes to how to act in a lift, experts told HuffPost that you have to remember that they’re public spaces.“People tend to forget that lifts are still public shared spaces,” said Tami Claytor, the owner of Always Appropriate Image and Etiquette Consulting.“It’s not that you’re already in your office and you can close the door, or in your apartment and you can close the door — you’re still in a public space, and people should conduct themselves accordingly.”“You have to observe and respect that public space just like you would someone’s home or a hotel lobby, and you must be respe