We Lost Our *#!$%! Roof! We Are NOT Going To Open!!!

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I read this morning about how the manager of the Lowe's home improvement store saved the lives of his employees and dozens of customers by herding them all into a safe room just as the tornado bearing down on Sanford, NC began to tear the roof off the building.

In that article it described how one of the employees was leading customers to safety and had to yell at them when several stopped to take video of the roof coming off with their cell phone cameras.

Yes, stupidity has reached epidemic proportions.

In my part of the state at least most folks are just grateful we didn't get the high level of damage and destruction that the eastern half saw.

Our truck was almost 3 hours late this morning (DC we get product from is NE of Charlotte and that county was hit with an F-0 Saturday - luckily no damage to that warehouse) because of all the detours.

Of course mine comes from close to Raleigh, and has to be put on a truck to the Corporate DC for shipment to our store. Half my stuff was out of stock due to late trucks.

And another of our warehouses, in Dunn, lost its roof during the storms. Corporate is trying to get as many of those warehouse workers to help out temporarily at the other NC DC's until they can get the damaged DC back up and running.

I imagine it'll be a mess for at least several months . . . even if we are careful to only order what we need (and not order to fill the shelves) we're still going to run out of products, which in turn will piss off customers.

Nevermind we have 1/4 of our state as a Disaster Area and our governor has declared a State of Emergency. It's coming . . . we know it is . . .even though my county hasn't been hit hard with the effects, we'll sure be feeling the aftereffects at the ol' Litter Box.

[mariamousie1]

Like a wise person on the internet once said "I think we should just take the warning labels off of everything and let evolution do it's work."

[underemployeed]

Like a wise person on the internet once said "I think we should just take the warning labels off of everything and let evolution do it's work."

Have you heard about the chainsaw that says, "warning do not stop with hands, feet, or genitals". Personally, I figure if you seriously need that warning label, I don't want to protect you ability to reproduce with common sense

[Seshat]

Like a wise person on the internet once said "I think we should just take the warning labels off of everything and let evolution do it's work."

Nah - I like warning labels. It's fun to see what silly things have had to be put on them.

Besides, ask Panacea and our other medical folks. People ignore warning labels.

[Sapphire Silk]

Nah - I like warning labels. It's fun to see what silly things have had to be put on them.

Besides, ask Panacea and our other medical folks. People ignore warning labels.

And the worst offenders are the ones who actually know how to read . . . .

[ShadowBall]

Sometimes I wonder who wrote the tornado safety plan for my high school. It involved everyone going out the door at the back of the cafeteria, through the employee parking lot, down a slope, and across the football field. Thankfully I live in a state where we don't get many tornadoes, so hopefully no one will have to go play chicken with a windy vortex at the fifty-yard line.

[Antisocial_Worker]

In my part of the state at least most folks are just grateful we didn't get the high level of damage and destruction that the eastern half saw.

This kind of thing makes me glad I live in the part of the state that almost never sees tornadoes at all. The last time one even touched down here was almost ten years ago. It tore a branch off a tree on the Biltmore Estate and people were talking about that for weeks. The last time a tornado did damage before that was back in the 70's, when it hit the zoo. My mom was there at the time, and the person who'd cut her off in the parking lot and stole the space she'd wanted ended up with a pine tree across their car.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

This kind of thing makes me glad I live in the part of the state that almost never sees tornadoes at all. The last time one even touched down here was almost ten years ago. It tore a branch off a tree on the Biltmore Estate and people were talking about that for weeks. The last time a tornado did damage before that was back in the 70's, when it hit the zoo. My mom was there at the time, and the person who'd cut her off in the parking lot and stole the space she'd wanted ended up with a pine tree across their car.

Wonder if the person who ended up with the tree across their car got the hint that you don't piss off Karma.

[NateTheChops]

Sometimes I wonder who wrote the tornado safety plan for my high school. It involved everyone going out the door at the back of the cafeteria, through the employee parking lot, down a slope, and across the football field. Thankfully I live in a state where we don't get many tornadoes, so hopefully no one will have to go play chicken with a windy vortex at the fifty-yard line.

Off hand, I'd say the same person that wrote our bomb threat evacuation plan in my old school.

Get all the kids out onto the bleachers where a gas tank happens to be situated underneath. Need I say more?

[wolfie]

Off hand, I'd say the same person that wrote our bomb threat evacuation plan in my old school.

Get all the kids out onto the bleachers where a gas tank happens to be situated underneath. Need I say more?

Just the thing for someone who wants to kill a lot of students:
1. Plant small bomb on gas tank.
2. Phone in bomb threat against school.
3. Wait for students to be evacuated to the bleachers.
4. Detonate bomb. Gas tank acts as "force multiplier".

[MoonCat]

It occurs to me that they should just post somebody outside the mall with a clipboard full of legal forms that say something like, "I absolve [name of mall or mall owners] of any liability in the event of my death or injury on these premises."

"Sure you can go inside! Sign here, ma'am."

Maybe that will make an impression. But then again...probably not.

[Imogene]

piss off Karma.

What you did there, I see it...
Also, Booo.

[Jester]

Was also told that some employees got in trouble for not being at their shifts, when they were turned-away on the road by police and fire on the road, due to the property being evacuated!

Those employers should be beaten severely.

I'm happy to say that every place I've worked down here has had a very similar hurricane policy: if a hurricane is projected as coming, and you feel the need to evacuate, do so. Just let the restaurant know. No one who evacuates will get in trouble for missing any shifts.

Every single establishment I've worked at down here has had that same basic policy. Safety first. And they'll deal with whatever happens.

Not that it's tough to deal with, as most places are pretty dead if an evacuation order is issued. Still, it's nice to know that these places aren't completely fucked in the head. Like, say, the bosses of the employees mentioned above by Filly.

Nah - I like warning labels. It's fun to see what silly things have had to be put on them.

Seen tonight at the grocery store: a protein drink called Muscle Milk, with the name of the product in huge letters. And then, in much smaller letters beneath the product's name: "Contains no milk." Got a good chuckle out of that one.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Holy crap, people are idiots.

There was an evacuation of one of the supermarkets near me recently (not my work or the one I visit regularly) and appareantly people were STILL trying to get into the store. Idiots.

Back when I worked at the garden centre, we had a flood evacuation one day. I spent some time moving all the animals up to the higher sections, giving them plenty of food, water and bedding, and then I closed up the pet unit and joined the other staff in evacuating the customers.

Argh. -.- The amount of people who just could not comprehend the fact that there was a flood warning was unbelievable. This is how serious it was; a nearby river, ie the river that ran thru the village, was tipped to burst its banks. This would mean that no-one would be able to leave the area and anyone who didn't live there would be trapped. Therefore, we evacuated to give the staff and customers who lived outside the area the chance to drive home before the river burst its banks.

However, loads of people were refusing to leave, instead whining, "But I want to finishing my shopping!". In the end, cuz we all wanted to get home before the major flooding started even if they didn't, we just told them to leave now cuz we were going to lock the doors. Idiots.

[Fox One]

I feel you. I live in Miami, a.k.a. The hurricane capitol of the world. We're so jaded to natural disasters that we expect to be able to do our shopping IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM. I've been outside locking down storm shutters as customers ask if we're open. Wtf?!