While we were waiting
@GardenGerty (169406)
United States
July 30, 2021 3:43pm CST
While we were waiting for my husband to get his hearing aids, we ended up participating in a fire drill.
We were up on the fourth floor.
If it had been real and not a drill we would have gone down the stairs, but the receptionist who was leading us took us to the elevator. We went down to the basement and out a door.
Employees had to sign a sheet saying they were there.
I do not know how they would know if they successfully evacuated all Veterans and all the people working on the building.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
31 Jul 21
Glad it was only a drill. I remember back in school, we had them all the time.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
1 Aug 21
I think the laws changed this year and we did fewer fire drills and tornado drills than usual.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
2 Aug 21
@GardenGerty I remember one drill where we had to close the windows, pull the drapes and stack the desks close to the windows, then go out in the hall... it may have been during the Cuban missile crisis.
@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
30 Jul 21
First time I have heard of a fire drill during a visit to get hearing aids.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
1 Aug 21
We were at the Medical facility for the veterans. I do wonder about people who were having surgical procedures or whatever.
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2 Aug 21
@GardenGerty I stand corrected. I know what you mean about the surgical procedures.
@snowy22315 (208747)
• United States
30 Jul 21
That's interesting. I never had to evacuate a building other than a motel for a fire drill.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
2 Aug 21
We do at school. I also arrived to do a reset at a grocery once and the fire safety system malfunctioned and went off. Work was cancelled that day. I also was shopping in a Wal Mart once that had a drill. We had to wait for the fire trucks to show up and give us an all clear.
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@snowy22315 (208747)
• United States
2 Aug 21
@GardenGerty Actually, one time I was in a movie theater that had to evacuate. I was in a mall too when there were tornado warnings. They weren't anxious for people to leave the mall as I recall.
@DaddyEvil (174237)
• United States
31 Jul 21
I hope you enjoyed it. I would have told them I was waiting for my appointment and stayed seated. If they insisted, I would have gone home.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
1 Aug 21
Nope, I wanted to know where to go if there was a fire and the audiologist was actually the one that was told to pull the alarm.
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@wolfgirl569 (135582)
• Marion, Ohio
31 Jul 21
Glad you could use the elevator at least
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
1 Aug 21
Hubby had his doubts about the safety as there was no intercom announcement that this was a drill.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
2 Aug 21
Hubby is pleased with his hearing aids.
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@kaylachan (84699)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Jul 21
I have no idea. They have systems in place I think to ensure that in the event of a real emerengency they can keep track of who has been "rescued" and who might still need it.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
2 Aug 21
It was. We saw parts of the facility we had not seen. There are lots of construction workers present as well.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
2 Aug 21
You always hope there are at least enough informed people to help all the others.
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@LadyDuck (502186)
• Italy
2 Aug 21
@GardenGerty They had to evacuate 15 days ago because of the flooding and they had no problems.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
1 Aug 21
We could have managed the stairs. I think the receptionist was tired.
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