The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, atop which my office building sits, and into which the windows of my office look, seems to have fire alarms blaring several times a week. Sometimes, there are signs up warning that they will be testing the fire alarm system. Other times, it seems to happen randomly. When it happens, I look out into the mall to watch people’s reaction.
Everyone ignores them.
Shoppers ignore them. Children carted about in Bugaboos ignore them. The security guards ignore them.
I’d like to point out that if there is ever an actual fire at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City and the carnage is particularly high, investigators need look no further than this blog to understand "what went wrong".
For Pete’s sake, give the damn alarms a rest, or force people to evacuate. Don’t train people to ignore alarms!
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