HALLWAY SAFETY, 101See what I mean? Thanks SCI-FI!I have a theoretical question for everyone in the corporate world:Suppose you are walking down a hallway in your comfy office building. And then suppose you see a team of three runners heading towards you at high-speed: in the lead is a handsome man carrying a defibrillator, in the middle is a somewhat less handsome man carrying a large oxygen tank, and in the rear is a woman running in heels and dragging a First Aid cart.Upon making eye contact with the lead runner, the man -- using what can only be described as a DAD VOICE -- barks a single instruction: "MOVE!"In such a scenario, which would you do:A) Flatten yourself -- head, hands, hips, and heels -- against the nearest wall to let them pass.B) Continue walking, even if it impedes their flow, and make sure to stare like a dumbfounded cow.C) Stop dead in your tracks, thereby impeding the flow of what appears to be a harried team of emergency responders on a call.If you said anything other than "A," please understand that I won't hesitate to connect my defibrillator with your chin. I'd rather add you to my list of "contusions" than to risk the life of a cardiac victim. Nothin' personal.-SCI-FI
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Well. A, of course. But I'd totally turn around and check out the lady in heels when she passes by.
Heh.
Heh..
Can relate!
Removing a patient from the Mall of America one rainy Saturday, NEVER go there on a rainy Saturday, after a successfully resuscitation of said patient. I,a couple of LEOs and my partner got to our truck to find a couple of ummmm punks standing by the backdoor. They looked at me with a blank gaze. After I said MOVE(plus a few other words) they jumped and the officers literally laughed at them and complimented me on my diplomacy!!
Heh...My partner later asked me if my kids cried when I yelled like that, cause he said he almost did!
Never handsome but I'm the guy with the Dad Voice. Other than never wearing high heels have played all three roles (AED, O2, FAK) sometimes all at once. Small town.
Most folks not involved with the response will do B or C. They are deer in the headlights of life.
People just don't care, and then wonder when their loved one is in trouble, why, oh, why can't the ambulance get here fast enough.
In all fairness though, I have seen more people here lately pull over than I used to. Maybe there is a small ( and by small I mean needing an electron microscope tp view it) amount of hope.
Non-responder types (generally) seem to live in full-time Condition White, and when something tries to jerk them out of it they are so shocked they just lock up, or do exactly the wrong thing.
Don't even get me started on what the idiots do when I come up behind them in the ambulance!
Don't feel bad, Sci-Fi. They're just as stupid when they're driving their personal vehicles and an ambulance approaches.
I think I'd be better off if my rig had twin Ma Deuces and a snowplow bumper instead of lights and siren.
So, when terrorists invade that building, they should have their bomb in an oxygen tank and the rest of the weapons in a first aid cart?
Totally "A"! Duh. ;)
What the fuck is wrong with people, anyway? Like when we had the smoke alarms go off back in the hotel in Las Vegas, and the spa clients were pissy about having to evacuate in their robes, without their bags (which were locked up, btw.). They filed a complaint about having to stand on the Strip in bathrobes. So, what...we should have left them in the smoke-filled, possibly burning building? People are just stupid, that's all.
And yes, SCI-FI needs to start his own blog. :)
Love it! :-) Of course if it was around Navy people, all you'd have to say is "Make a hole, MF'ers" and EVERYBODY would get out of the way... :-)
Affirmative, old NFO! Remember when the Marines would run a "Security Drill" and some FNG wouldn't kiss the Bulkhead? Never had to learn the "correct response" the Hard way myself, but some of these Sheeple nowadays....
D) Turn around, and help clear the path and/or help the lady in heels carry the gear, ID myself as a first responder and oxygen provider instructor and offer to be another set of hands.
As far as the ambulance thing, I think the vast majority of people have the presence of mind to get the hell out of the way...the problem is that it only takes one to really screw things up.
As the guy driving the ambulance, you will probably run into that "one" pretty much on every trip, so in your perspective, we're all just annoyances that are in your way.
As someone who always gets out of the way as quickly as is safely possible, that's how it seems to me anyway.
The big problem around here is during rush hour...where the heck are we supposed to go? I drive a big truck so I've got the clearance to go over the curb and onto the sidewalk or median...but most people can't do that without getting hung up...which then causes even more problems when they're stuck half on the curb, half in traffic and can't move.
Also, it seems that, around here, ambulances and cops have some sort of system in their vehicles that turns the light red in their direction of travel whenever approaching an intersection.
I swear I don't think I've ever seen an emergency vehicle go through a green light here.
Of course, if you're sitting at the intersection waiting on the red light with the siren-screaming ambulance bearing down on you from behind, and with crossing traffic blasting through the intersection completely oblivious to the approaching emergency vehicle...how exactly is one supposed to get out of the way without getting T-Boned?
It always seems to work out in the end and the ambulance somehow always manages to get through without anyone getting killed in the process...but you guys have really got to work out a better schedule for this stuff.
Don't those inconsiderate people know how difficult they're making it for everyone else when they have their heart attack during rush hour? Can't they wait until after dinner?
Oh...I forgot to mention...It goes without saying that I can easily get out of the way when I'm on my bike. I only mentioned the truck because that's the vehicle that it can sometimes be problematic.
You forgot to add option "D. Since you are a security guard, detain them until their story can be verified."
If Sci-Fi gets a blog, I'm adding him...
...but only if he posts pictures of the idiots who stood in his way. =)
To Sailorcurt: I swear that someone installed that device installed in my personal vehicle...
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