AIBU to think customers’ behaviour about evacuating in the heavy rain was childish

@Loppp as I said, we all have different skills. Plenty pf what you’ve said is offensive about other people.

And anyone over about fifty may have found your comments about "older people" offensive.

It's your shirt now!

Better than who? The scores aren't in.
Let the gods of evolution say who'll win.
Better at what? In what way?
Let the gods of evolution have their say.

I accept you maybe didn’t intend this thread as an opportunity for oldie bashing but as your grammar and punctuation is terrible I’ll happily bash that instead.
In addition, since when has it been acceptable to refer to anyone as “one bitch” in the way you have.
You are better at coping in a storm in the circumstances you’ve described but you lack skills in other ways. We are all different, maybe be kinder in future and less judgy!

You're really invested in dumping on 'older people' aren't you. Wondering what age you are - physically that is - you're already demonstrating your mental maturity

I'm not surprised by the many depressing stories told here - though I'm shocked at the study showing most of the fatalities at Manchester Woolworths were those who stubbornly stayed in the cafeteria. It's one of those "How stupid can you be?" moments that remind you there's no limit to human idiocy.

So I shouldn't be surprised at so many PPs saying they wouldn't leave a building during a fire alarm or other emergency ... because they'd rather die in a fire than leave their shopping behind, their coffee unfinished or risk a lightning strike (!)

I hope you all enjoy your posthumous Darwin Awards 🤨

I don't think I'd be too thrilled about standing outside in heavy rain and a thunderstorm!

Actually, where I live, the supermarket often floods and IS the only place to buy food at a sensible price! But still, we all shop elsewhere for a couple of weeks every two or three years!

Because they have been known to shove past our workmen, workmen have gone on lunch only to return and have been left with a present! The stories I get told are fascinating!

I have to admit I always just assumed they cover with a blanket and get in with it if a short flight.

You’d be surprised at just how idiotic many customers are!

I really, really, really wouldn't actually.

Little tip: Never make a bet where you need the phrase "nobody could be that stupid" to win.

The company I work for do both planned and emergency maintenance works in the 3 largest supermarkets nationwide. You’d be surprised at just how idiotic many customers are! The will literally remove barriers, put there for their safety, venture into what is essentially a building site, so they can reach for a tin of beans. They will walk into closed customer toilets, removing chapter 8 barriers, and shit in toilets that haven’t even been plumbed in.

Wait till you hear what they do with people who die on flights ....

Aren't most buildings meant to have at least one drill every 6 months (recommended) or at least (legally) 1 x per year. I used to be a fire warden and we got told off once in an old building I was a receptionist for as my froend left her toast in the toaster and nearly burned the building down ...this was a long time ago though?

It’s actually unsafe to stand outside when there is lightning. I’ve had lightning hit a tree 10 feet away from me and it’s not the experience I wish to repeat. I’m lucky and now I’m staying inside when there is a thunderstorm. So I would be pissed off too.

So why 'guess' that the troublesome customers were on the old side?

Its company policy in most bingo places, in theory it keeps things calm and prevents panic but ime there were some patrons muttering that it was shocking to carry on but vast majority were very pragmatic, She’d of wanted us to carry on type stuff. It was a good 25 years ago and the demographic was largely chain smoking ( you could smoke at bingo halls back then) ladies over pension age.

Oh this thread has some gems from the OP. We've had someone defined as a bitch and a reference to chav kids as well.

Loppp
Excuse me I was not making this an ageist post. I was just commenting on people refusing to leave a supermarket fire alarm going off and those who were most reluctant to leave as it was tipping were on average older than the rest of the shoppers.

You had a valid point which you screwed up by being ageist. Repeatedly.

There was absolutely no need to emphasise any characteristic of the people involved in what you rightly saw as stupid and selfish behaviour in refusing to leave when there was a fire alarm – though you did not in fact say they had refused, only that they moaned about it – whether it was sex, age, colour, creed, sexuality, hair colour, nose shape or any damn thing whatever. Doubling down on your error really doesn't help your position.

Some drills or tests will be driven by predetermined regularity. Who hasn’t seen the notice in hotel rooms saying the alarms with be tested on, say, Mondays at 10.00am ?

Low level regular drills can be moved to accommodate weather conditions but some drills must be performed regardless of the weather conditions or number of customers/guests/staff present.

Supermarkets seem to turn people into arseholes for some reason. I don't know why.