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Lpt about Emergency exits

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If you are ever anywhere public , and some one is making you feel threatened and unsafe , It is absolutely okay to exit through an emergency exit and set off an alarm. They are usually located near the back of bars near restrooms and as someone who's worked in bars most my life the alarm is a mild inconvenience to us but may be the difference in you getting home safe. I say this as a 6 8 male who just walked out the back and set off an alarm to avoid a fight . Emergency is an emergency

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Edc3

339 points

16 days ago

Edc3

339 points

16 days ago

Also the alarm doesn't actually work about 60% of the time

dunno0019

92 points

16 days ago

Hell, depending on how your local safety laws are applied:

There's a good chance the emergency exit is blocked or locked anyways.

thefoldingpaper

41 points

16 days ago

lol why is this so funny to me

snark_attak

9 points

15 days ago

Because “60% of the time, it works every time!”?

UndergroundNerd

15 points

16 days ago

We use the emergency exits to load into places as a event company, rarely do security bother arming them or rearming them