oh, the stupidity of things in the office...
a few fire doors jammed during the last fire drill.. i don't know
why because they're manual things.. you turn the knob, it opens..
how they got jammed, no one knows...
so, now for the next drill, they have installed Electromagnetic
Locks.. which will open when there is a fire or smoke
alarm...
only thing is that, there isn't a switch for us to open the door
when we want to get out... we have to smash the "break glass"
thing...
uhh.. we were using those stairwells as a shortcut out of the
building.. the stairwells allow us easy exit and therefore are not
jammed..
now, they have discarded the foolproof locks with things that will
screw up and called it progress...
as one of the fire safety fellas, i have demanded an axe or a heavy
crowbar in case the door jams... saying that i'd rather have a
simple mechanical lock than an insanely powerful magnet which will
screw up holding the door closed...
they looked puzzled.. mumbling something about technology... and
the cost they incurred installing the new EM locks..
again, stupidity reigns.. a cheap foolproof simple low-tech system
has been replaced by an expensive, buggy, irritating and useless
high-tech system...
