alarm thoughts
Sep. 24th, 2005 12:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccaelizabethThing I have noticed
about alarms
some people keep looking at the finger
like, if you point at something, people look at the finger, then along to what you point at. and with an alarm you are pointing and saying 'run away!' But some people just keep looking at the finger and don't think of the danger off the other end of it.
to put it in non-Becish
some people assume fire alarm, some people assume alarm because of fire
the first set will wave at the alarm, be annoyed at the noise, wander around vaguely
the second set are more focused on not burning, and leave promptly
early programming tells me, like Buffy says, it's always real
schools can get unexpectedly flamey for all sorts of reasons
and okay, the teacher might *say* it was to test our reactions, but really, they wouldn't admit they chucked a cigarette in the waste paper bin if they ever did that, would they?
I think it connects with my 'humans, capable of anything' theory.
But most people will experience far far more fire alarms than alarms because of fire, so their attitude also, in a way, makes sense.
and my attitude is admittedly why I can't leave the house without building up my brave.
but its a very real problem if your job is emergency preparedness, that the vast majority of people don't perceive emergency however much you make loud noises at them.
about alarms
some people keep looking at the finger
like, if you point at something, people look at the finger, then along to what you point at. and with an alarm you are pointing and saying 'run away!' But some people just keep looking at the finger and don't think of the danger off the other end of it.
to put it in non-Becish
some people assume fire alarm, some people assume alarm because of fire
the first set will wave at the alarm, be annoyed at the noise, wander around vaguely
the second set are more focused on not burning, and leave promptly
early programming tells me, like Buffy says, it's always real
schools can get unexpectedly flamey for all sorts of reasons
and okay, the teacher might *say* it was to test our reactions, but really, they wouldn't admit they chucked a cigarette in the waste paper bin if they ever did that, would they?
I think it connects with my 'humans, capable of anything' theory.
But most people will experience far far more fire alarms than alarms because of fire, so their attitude also, in a way, makes sense.
and my attitude is admittedly why I can't leave the house without building up my brave.
but its a very real problem if your job is emergency preparedness, that the vast majority of people don't perceive emergency however much you make loud noises at them.