Are people really that stupid? No wait. Yeah, they are.

[conjur]

So, I'm walking down the hallway at work today and see a maintenance guy hanging a sign from the ceiling. The sign happens to be an 'Exit' sign (all nicely lit up and stuff...very nice sign.)

What's so bad about that you ask?

Well, see, it's now hanging from the ceiling right at the top of the staircase coming up from the lobby!

 

[Buttzilla]

since nobody responded....yes people are really that stupid.

my boss, i work as a waiter, decided to be a cheap arse and charge people for after dinner gums for 5 cents each!

we used to give away chocolate mints but he 'cutting cost' wtf.

so yes there are alot of morons out there.

 

[Quixfire]

Who the stupid person, the one who put the sign up or the one that told him to do it?

 

[TwinkleToes77]

yes but what if its smoky in the hallway at the top of the stairs and you get disoriented and you cant see which way to the stairs? Then you see that exit sign and know its that way!

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Quixfire
Who the stupid person, the one who put the sign up or the one that told him to do it?

thats what i was wondering. The janitor/maintance guy didnt decide to put it there. Someone had to tell him to do it.

 

[Psorak]

Depending on which way you are walking, aren't you going towards an exit?

 

[tweakmm]

It's probably some ordinance that exits have to be marked with signs. Is the government that stupid? Yes.

 

[Wallydraigle]

It's easy to get confused and lost in a fire, or something, especially if you've never been in the building before. Seems like a good idea to me. *shrugs*

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: Psorak
Depending on which way you are walking, aren't you going towards an exit?

What is an exit anyway? Isn't it just an entrance to the outside?:Q

 

[Chris A]

Those signs are mandated by OSHA. In a fast moving fire they could save and have saved lives..

 

[Psorak]

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: Psorak
Depending on which way you are walking, aren't you going towards an exit?

What is an exit anyway? Isn't it just an entrance to the outside?:Q

My point exactly, maybe it's an exit to the lobby. Or is that entering the lobby?

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Quixfire
Who the stupid person, the one who put the sign up or the one that told him to do it?

Oh, I'm not calling him stupid...it's that it's meant to ward off liability, I suppose.

It's not like the big 3-story tall, 50ft. wide windows at the front of the building are any kind of clue that the staircase leads to an exit.

Oh, and coming from the other way? The sign is blocked by the elevators.

 

[Chris A]

1926.34
"Exit marking." Exits shall be marked by a readily visible sign. Access to exits shall be marked by readily visible signs in all cases where the exit or way to reach it is not immediately visible to the occupants.

(b)

found here

 

[MangoTBG]

I'm a little confused. Is the sign in the staircase, at the top? That would be simply "stupid", yes. I mean, you're walking up the stairs....if it ends at ONE door, of course that's the exit.

 

[bunker]

I see lit up exit signs at stairwells all over the place. What's so stupid about that?

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Chris A

1926.34
"Exit marking." Exits shall be marked by a readily visible sign. Access to exits shall be marked by readily visible signs in all cases where the exit or way to reach it is not immediately visible to the occupants.

(b)

found here

Well...it *is* immediately visible! That's just it! The staircase opens up to that floor's landing...a wide hallway.

 

[bunker]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Chris A

1926.34
"Exit marking." Exits shall be marked by a readily visible sign. Access to exits shall be marked by readily visible signs in all cases where the exit or way to reach it is not immediately visible to the occupants.

(b)

found here

Well...it *is* immediately visible! That's just it!

Not if there's a fire and it's smoky.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: bunker

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Chris A

1926.34
"Exit marking." Exits shall be marked by a readily visible sign. Access to exits shall be marked by readily visible signs in all cases where the exit or way to reach it is not immediately visible to the occupants.

(b)

found here

Well...it *is* immediately visible! That's just it!

Not if there's a fire and it's smoky.

If there's a fire and it's *that* smokey that the staircase is not visible, no one's getting out alive anyway!

 

[Quixfire]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Quixfire
Who the stupid person, the one who put the sign up or the one that told him to do it?

Oh, I'm not calling him stupid...it's that it's meant to ward off liability, I suppose.

It's not like the big 3-story tall, 50ft. wide windows at the front of the building are any kind of clue that the staircase leads to an exit.

Oh, and coming from the other way? The sign is blocked by the elevators.

Thanks for clearing that up, I think.

 

[mchammer187]

pics?

 

[Rogue]

Our safety committee at work decided that we should paint the walls around the emergency exits bright red from ceiling to floor and two feet on either side of the door bright red because the lighted sign and big glass doors clearly showing the grass and outdoors weren't enough. My stupid exit sign thingy beats yours.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Quixfire
Who the stupid person, the one who put the sign up or the one that told him to do it?

Oh, I'm not calling him stupid...it's that it's meant to ward off liability, I suppose.

It's not like the big 3-story tall, 50ft. wide windows at the front of the building are any kind of clue that the staircase leads to an exit.

Oh, and coming from the other way? The sign is blocked by the elevators.

We need a diagram. We are THAT stupid.

 

[CraigRT]

doesn't sound that stupid to me.
maybe it means "exit this room"

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Quixfire
Who the stupid person, the one who put the sign up or the one that told him to do it?

Oh, I'm not calling him stupid...it's that it's meant to ward off liability, I suppose.

It's not like the big 3-story tall, 50ft. wide windows at the front of the building are any kind of clue that the staircase leads to an exit.

Oh, and coming from the other way? The sign is blocked by the elevators.

We need a diagram. We are THAT stupid.

I suck at teh gr4ph1c5



Put it this way...imagine joe-average modern office building.

Then, picture a 3-story foyer/lobby with an all-glass front.

Then, picture a staircase coming up from the lobby to the next floor. This staircase has a chrome railing with glass (like a window) supports. Visibility is excellent.

Then, picture an exit sign hanging from the ceiling right at the top of the staircase.

 

[Chris A]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Quixfire
Who the stupid person, the one who put the sign up or the one that told him to do it?

Oh, I'm not calling him stupid...it's that it's meant to ward off liability, I suppose.

It's not like the big 3-story tall, 50ft. wide windows at the front of the building are any kind of clue that the staircase leads to an exit.

Oh, and coming from the other way? The sign is blocked by the elevators.

We need a diagram. We are THAT stupid.

Yes Diagrams are also required under OSHA compliance for employee emergency action plans.

1926.35(b)(1)

Emergency escape procedures and emergency escape route assignments;