# My workplace caught on fire **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 10, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-workplace-caught-on-fire/471961 "2008-11-10T00:21:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-workplace-caught-on-fire/471961/21 "2012-10-23T18:46:35Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > standard way to handle a fire > > RECEO > > Rescue - clear out building > Exposures - anything that we need to protect that is near fire > Contain - not really applicable at this scale > Extinguish - surround and drown baby šŸ˜ƒ > Overhaul - make sure its really out > > If you have enough people, several steps can happen concurrently. > [@Taomist](#): > > Ach, why all the zombies lately? I donā€™t get it. > > **Drachillix** , why? RECEOP ā€œPost about itā€ comes _last_, obviously. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-workplace-caught-on-fire/471961/22 "2012-10-24T18:52:47Z")
This happened when I worked at Disneyland. We had a small fire alert, no big deal, I think it was just too much smoke when somebody burnt something, but we had to evacuate just for safetyā€™s sake while the fire safety officers checked the restaurant. Well, the employees all evacuated orderly to the designated areas, but none of the customers did. They were afraid of losing their place in line even though there was an alarm and a prerecorded voice asking people to evacuate. 10 mins later, after we were cleared to come back to work, they were still waiting impatiently in line. One lady at the front matter-of-factly told me that she wasnā€™t going to lose her place in line for anything. ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-workplace-caught-on-fire/471961/23 "2012-10-24T20:33:28Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Ach, why all the zombies lately? I donā€™t get it. > > **Drachillix** , why? 9 times out of 10, it is a new poster who revives zombie threads, presumably because they were searching on Google (but why the heck did they register just to post? I never do that if I come across another message board while searching), but not in this case, and by a long-term member to boot, who certainly should know about zombie threads. ETA: Maybe it isnā€™t **drachillix** ā€™s fault but a spammer posted and has since been deleted, but I donā€™t see any references to their post. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-workplace-caught-on-fire/471961/24 "2012-10-24T21:48:16Z")
I actually ended up crosslinking from another thread involving dragongirl, didnt realize I slid into a zombieā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-workplace-caught-on-fire/471961/25 "2012-10-24T22:19:21Z")
Wow. I didnā€™t see this one popping up again! For anyone interested in an update, 2 years after running that program I was moved to a bigger and more challenging one. No fires this time, but many more scary and hair raising experiences brought on by a resident with rapidly developing Alzheimerā€™s and aggressive, destructive behaviors. That person was placed in a nursing facility where we can be better cared for and that program settled down and just a few weeks ago I was sent to another messed up program to fix. That is what my role has become. Go to a messed up residential program, fix it, then we will send you to another messed up place. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-workplace-caught-on-fire/471961/26 "2012-10-24T23:41:25Z")
Well now, THAT dude is someone we might like to hear about! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-workplace-caught-on-fire/471961/27 "2012-10-25T02:29:20Z")
Iā€™ve set my workplace on fire. Twice. I managed to put it out quickly both times, but damn, those chemical extinguishers sure do make a mess! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-workplace-caught-on-fire/471961/28 "2012-10-25T21:29:29Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > ā€¦ I slid into a zombie.. Ew. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-workplace-caught-on-fire/471961.md?page=1)