Tension-Relief in 5 Easy Steps

Step 1:
Get in an empty elevator with a pepperoni stick.
Step 2:
Munch quietly as a gruff, worn man covered in drywall-dust and monstrous finger-calluses gets on with a grunt.
Step 3:
Finish your pepperoni stick in the silence of the elevator-ride.
Step 4:Just before the door opens on your floor, look at the gruff, worn man and say, "I think I just ate one too many pepperoni sticks."
Step 5:
Walk down the hallway to your apartment serenaded by genuine, tension-breaking laughter.