Electrical Rejuvenation.

wallywombat:

I once saw, in a documentary, security camera footage of a chemist shop. As a distraction, a miscreant had started a small fire inside, near the door, with the intent to rob the till. The interesting thing was the reaction of the general public. The people already queueing for the till continued queue, while glancing occasionally at the the little burning pile on the floor. Someone even came into the shop and joined the queue. As the fire took hold, people coming in through the door would immediately leave again, and the till girl eventually wandered off to look for a fire extinguisher. Finally, the whole shelving/wall area ignited in a sudden big whoosh (having been pre-heated by the little fire for the last few minutes) and finally people decided it might be a good idea to leave.

That's people for you. And, in a real emergency where evacuation is required by people, we all tend to rush for the exit where we entered a building, although other exits may be closer or easier to use. I suppose that we know that the doors aren't chained and padlocked shut where we came in.


Z.

wallywombat:

I once saw, in a documentary, security camera footage of a chemist shop. As a distraction, a miscreant had started a small fire inside, near the door, with the intent to rob the till. The interesting thing was the reaction of the general public. The people already queueing for the till continued queue, while glancing occasionally at the the little burning pile on the floor. Someone even came into the shop and joined the queue. As the fire took hold, people coming in through the door would immediately leave again, and the till girl eventually wandered off to look for a fire extinguisher. Finally, the whole shelving/wall area ignited in a sudden big whoosh (having been pre-heated by the little fire for the last few minutes) and finally people decided it might be a good idea to leave.

That's people for you. And, in a real emergency where evacuation is required by people, we all tend to rush for the exit where we entered a building, although other exits may be closer or easier to use. I suppose that we know that the doors aren't chained and padlocked shut where we came in.


Z.