So... We Had To Evacuate The Building Yesterday...

[WillyT]

Can't give too much away, but...

We receive mail, and process government forms... and make sure that those that have lost their jobs get money to tide them over.

And some idiot... mad at his bank... uses one of our envelopes to send a multi-page rambling screed complete with a circuit board and other electronic parts... plus business card !!!

A call was made... a total evacuation was called for.

So... we stood outside in the parking lot for an hour or more... we had 5 Fire Trucks, 6 Highway Patrol. 3 Sheriffs, 2 Jet Fighters, and 3 Helicopters...

Ok... we're next to an ex AFB so the fighter jets and helicopters were probably incidental, but still...

After being told to move back FURTHER away from the building, and waiting an hour and 20 minutes... we were told to go back in and finish up the day.

A few of us went to the bar shortly thereafter.

[riderinthestorm]

1. I'm surprised you didn't head for the bar immediately! Scary! nt

[WillyT]

2. We Are Not Allowed To Do That...

[mahina]

3. Glad you and all are safe.

If we educated our people (when we do) we'll have less nutballs out there, I think. Thanks for what you do.

[WillyT]

4. Thank You...

I'm proud of what we all do, both specifically, and generally.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear WillyT!

I know they have to be cautious, but really!

I hope you were able to decompress in the bar...

[WillyT]

7. My Lady... I Appreciate Your Support !!!

[MichiganVote]

6. Yeah well, professionals in schools have been evacuating 4 bomb threats

for about an entire generation of school students. Not to mention getting shot at several times a year. But they are all paid too much so there you go.

[WillyT]

8. Yeah... I Was One Of Them Too...

8th Grade... 1983 to 1989.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. +1

[saras]

10. I miss the days when a bomb threat was a polite phone call warning people to evacuate...

...instead of unknown devices or white powder sent in the mail.

For one thing, it makes it really awkward for people who do mail art. You mean if I mail someone a circuit board, it's a BOMB?

For another, it makes it really ineffective, almost insulting, to send someone a toot or three in appreciation.

I suppose that if someone mailed you a week-old salmon these days they'd consider it an act of biological terrorism.

Sad days indeed. I never though things could get so bad as to make one look nostalgically back on the seventies. How come the right wing gets to monopolize all the crazy, and they have to get so MEAN with it?