There was a fire drill at work today. It was interesting how everyone took their time to walk down the stairs slowly, and make their way to the assembly area. More so when you see how everyone is equipped.
I bet all the pedestrians are wondering what the hell is going on with this huge bunch of people crowding around, especially people with all kinds of umbrellas, fans and stuff like that. Picture that; a fire occurs, and people grab umbrellas and fans.
It seemed long ago when I last had a fire drill. My last fire drill was probably in secondary school. I recall that I used to imagine what would happen if we had a fire drill in JC. I mean, with 7 levels of classrooms people would probably just take the lift right? Or possibly some of us may just go home or something.
Now when the whole building of 24 levels evacuate, it just seems especially awkward to have a fire drill. I mean, it is a must to familiarise everyone with the procedure and all, but picture 2,000 people crossing a small road (with a zebra crossing). The cars waiting to turn will never make it out for half an hour! (I think that is what happened, except that I didn't wait to see if someone eventually stopped the crossing crowd)
Familiarising everyone with the procedure is good, but no one ever knows what will happen in a real situation. Then again, hopefully we'll never need to find out.
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