those who ignore warnings and fire alarms are just plain stupid.
At least part of that can be blamed on fire drills & false alarms. Standing around freezing your behind off while some twit calls roll because someone pulled the fire alarm (probably had an exam that day & hoped to get out of it) or they decided to have a drill tends to make you evaluate the situation first. Holler wolf often enough & people start to ignore you.
As a guy who knows more than 99.99% of the general public about unannounced drills and false alarms, I still GTFO when the fire alarm goes off. You only have to be wrong in your assumption that it's a false alarm once to end up dead.
Unless I'm the guy who set the alarm off, and I know for 100% certain that it's a drill or a system test, I'm headed out of the building as quickly as possible. I'm not betting my life of the possibility (no matter how great the odds) that it's not the real deal. You see the fire alarm guy heading for the door, you'd be wise to follow him.
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