Elevator operating device for inputting a travel request on a floor (L, L1) of a building in which an elevator system having an elevator car and an elevator controller is arranged, comprising: a communication device which is configured to communicate with the elevator controller; a touch-sensitive screen system, which has a screen region that is visible to a passenger; and a central control device that is communicatively connected to the communication device and the screen system, wherein the central control device is configured to control the screen system in a first elevator operating mode in order to display a first graphical user interface on the screen region, and to control the screen system in a second elevator operating mode in order to display a second graphical user interface on the screen region, wherein the first graphical user interface comprises one or two travel direction symbols (30, 32), characterized in that the second graphical user interface: comprises an edge zone that extends on the screen region along a circumference of the screen region and has a specified width, wherein the edge zone is provided for symbolizing a waiting time until the elevator car arrives at the floor (L, L1), wherein a degree of filling of the edge zone, which changes along the circumference, symbolizes a changing waiting time, and a center zone, which can be displayed separately from the edge zone and is provided for symbolizing an occupancy of the elevator car by passengers, wherein a displayed degree of filling of the center zone symbolizes an occupancy of the elevator car. a communication device which is configured to communicate with the elevator controller; a touch-sensitive screen system, which has a screen region that is visible to a passenger; and a central control device that is communicatively connected to the communication device and the screen system, wherein the central control device is configured to control the screen system in a first elevator operating mode in order to display a first graphical user interface on the screen region, and to control the screen system in a second elevator operating mode in order to display a second graphical user interface on the screen region, wherein the first graphical user interface comprises one or two travel direction symbols (30, 32), characterized in that the second graphical user interface: comprises an edge zone that extends on the screen region along a circumference of the screen region and has a specified width, wherein the edge zone is provided for symbolizing a waiting time until the elevator car arrives at the floor (L, L1), wherein a degree of filling of the edge zone, which changes along the circumference, symbolizes a changing waiting time, and a center zone, which can be displayed separately from the edge zone and is provided for symbolizing an occupancy of the elevator car by passengers, wherein a displayed degree of filling of the center zone symbolizes an occupancy of the elevator car. comprises an edge zone that extends on the screen region along a circumference of the screen region and has a specified width, wherein the edge zone is provided for symbolizing a waiting time until the elevator car arrives at the floor (L, L1), wherein a degree of filling of the edge zone, which changes along the circumference, symbolizes a changing waiting time, and a center zone, which can be displayed separately from the edge zone and is provided for symbolizing an occupancy of the elevator car by passengers, wherein a displayed degree of filling of the center zone symbolizes an occupancy of the elevator car.