Earthquake Drill
Yesterday we had our annual Earthquake drill and yours-truly was the official Floor Warden. I was a bit nervous at first because I’ve never conducted this drill before. So when 10:30 AM rolled around, I put on my yellow vest and donned the whistle. It was suppose to be 2 person running our section of the floor, me and Mikhail. When the time came, Mikhail was no where to be found! I couldn’t wait and begin blowing my whistle and yelling “Earthquake Drill! Duck, Cover, and Hold!” Mind you I gave them early notice the day before that I was going to do this and at what time. But still I got gopher heads peaking out of their cube with puzzled looks. I yelled the same phrase again and some people finally got it and ducked underneath their desk. I walked around and made sure people where duck and covering correctly. I mean if they’re under their desk, they’re good. But I actually got some people who outright refused to do it until I just stood their and pleaded with them. Someone actually said, “You know if there was a real earthquake I wouldn’t be underneath my desk!” I was like, “That’s fine.” but thought to myself, “I don’t care if you run off. I mean if flying debris hits and injured you, you’ll be sorry!” It just didn’t make sense why they were so combatitive. I don’t make the rules and quite frankly, I just volunteered because I thought it maybe a good thing to be the person responsible for the safety of people on my floor especially I heard that during the 9/11 incidents, most of the floor wardens helped people get out of the building as efficient as possible. Some people purposely left their desk and came back later. I eventually made sure I came back and have them show me the duck and cover by themselves. I mean even though its annoying it is necessary to prevent further chaos in the event of an earthquake. I guess you can’t help those that don’t want to be helped.
