The Window Reality Show

[PepperElf]

That's what I'm calling it at least

Basically throughout the calibration facility we have windows that face East, South, and West. and like all places on the outskirts of downtown here it has an elevated crime level

so sometimes you just see really ... unusual things from the windows.

so far i've only been privy to two events - both this week: the earthquake and the kid who got hit by a car (posted in the roadkill section). but i've heard plenty of stories so far, good, bad, and wtf ....


good - cops raided a house almost directly across the road from us to apprehend some guy who'd attacked police. they had a lot of cop cars and shot guns ... but they got the guy without any casualties

bad - family moved in - actually it may have been that same house or one near it - and i guess one of the items they were transporting was a shotgun... and they didn't move it unloaded. the man shot his own nephew. and ... apparently they - or the medics - felt the best place to put him was out on the lawn. i don't envy my coworkers on that one... cos they were "treated" with the view of watching the kid die.

wtf? - someone tossed a dog up onto the roof of the one-story building across the road from us. the dog was apparently fine, just stuck on the roof. one of the men in the lab (who looks a little like santa) called it in to 911. they transferred him to the fire dept and a truck was sent out, and a fireman went up the ladder to get the doggy.


i just never know what i'm going to see ...

[LillFilly]

Hmm. Sounds like it could be a daytime TV show

Kinda makes me think of a store we have with floor length windows all around; I teased the employees about working in a 'fish bowl' until I realized how annoying it could be. Like the stalker wanna-be boyfriend who was kicked out of the store but would sit on the bench outside the windows WATCHING them like a hungry tom cat at a koi pond!

[angelkirie]

My building looks out over a city beach/park - lots of bums, joggers, people with dogs and one especially entertaining kite-boarder.

Recently the entire 3rd floor of my building was brought to a screeching halt as everyone glued their faces to the window to watch a bum fight... It was actually quite entertaining, it appeared both participants were drunk so there was more slap fighting and falling down than there were punches. At one point, one lost his pants and never really tried to pull them back up - at least he was wearing underwear!

[klhanson]

The only thing i ever saw while looking out the windows at work was during training. The training room had windows facing the road in front of the building and one day our class was sitting there listening to whatever and we heard SCCCCCCCCCCCRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCHH! BAM. We looked over just in time to see a beautiful mitsubishi eclipse do a headon with a jimmy johns delivery driver who was delivering food to the call center in our building. no one was hurt and we all got to sit there and watch the aftermath of the accident.. for almost 2 hours!

[jedimaster91]

I never see anything interesting at <Hospital>. I always seemed to miss the excitement at the library as well. Although the first summer I worked at the library, the elevator kept getting stuck. We're pretty sure it's a requirement that one must be drop dead gorgeous to be a firefighter.

[Gawdzillers]

They kept the gun loaded while they moved? That's one of the most fucked-up things I've ever heard. Did they keep the television hooked up to a battery, too? I am raging like the Old Testament God over here.