Could Have Been Worse
For some strange reason, people take elevator control boards to be their own personal punching and kicking bags. We even saw a video floating around on the internet of some kid in China who urinated on the button board and was stuck for several minutes. That kid got what he had coming to him.
But back to kicking elevator buttons. Why, oh why, would you do that? Do you have a personal vendetta against elevators? Did they get you fired? Did they tell your parents that you threw a home party back in high school and broke your piano? Are you an MMA fighter who takes out his frustration on inanimate objects?