Fire Drill at a 53 Story Building
Filed Under General Nonsense
Ever tried walking down the stairs 53 flights down? Well, I haven’t tried that yet but at 46 floors, I’m sure the experience will not be that far. That’s exactly what I just experienced the other day. And I would say it isn’t easy.
We were already pre-informed that there will be a fire-drill between 2pm and 5pm last Tuesday. A number of my officemates already went down at around 2:30pm. I also did but after almost 30minutes outside the office, I decided to come back. For some twist of luck, the emergency bell rang a couple of minutes after I sat on my chair. I should have already had the hint as I saw several managers walking out of the elevator but I just brushed it off. Definitely a bad move.
It was a slow walk 46 stories down especially from midway down to the ground. I didn’t have any workout for ages so you can imagine how hard it was for me. My lifestyle has not been active the past months. It wasn’t easy as it seems even if you say that we are going down. I can’t imagine if it was on the other direction.
And the drill finished without any incident. That’s the good news. As for me, my legs were aching even after a day. It’s a good forced work-out, though.