Riatsala posted:

I'm going to complain about this fully acknowledging that my Dad was a firefighter, so I'm maybe crazy for caring, but my work tests the building wide fire alarms once a month and always tells everyone in advance to say "Don't leave the building, we're testing today".

As much as I don't want to go outside every time they test it, the fact that we never do any actual fire drills and we're being conditioned to ignore the alarm in the first place is extremely stupid. My last boss had the policy that you evacuate the building when the fire alarm goes off, no exceptions, even if told in advance because not only do we need to practice reacting to alarm, what if there's an actual goddamn fire?

So my nightmare scenario now is that there will be an actual fire on or near a test day (and with how often we set them off, the chances aren't low) and none of my coworkers are going to react until they see smoke or an actual firefighter is in their face telling them to evacuate. And being on the top floor doesn't help. It all just seems like a massive liability and a goddamn stupid policy, but again I don't know much I'm talking with my dad's voice.