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retrowire

(10,345 posts) Wed Dec 2, 2015, 05:30 PM Dec 2015

Who else checks all the exits in a room whenever they enter? [View all]

Because of today's gun violence?

Who else plans out exactly what paths they would take to exit?

Who else figures out whom they'll be able to bring with them, and how they would silently signal to them "There's a shooter here"

I do.

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Who else checks all the exits in a room whenever they enter? [View all] retrowire Dec 2015 OP

Only if I enter GD: Primaries leftstreet Dec 2015 #1

Exactly! Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #3

DUzy! Hekate Dec 2015 #8

NICE. But seriously though. nt retrowire Dec 2015 #10

Best answer ever! H2O Man Dec 2015 #26

LOL! cui bono Dec 2015 #40

Good one! Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #56

The only thing I really check, is where the bathrooms are. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #2

Lolz. Yeah, age does that. nt Hekate Dec 2015 #9

Yes, yes it does. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #13

I never look for exits until I leave. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #15

I never look up at thet sky and wonder if a meteor will become a meteorite at my position. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #16

Actually, car deaths are fewer than gun deaths in this country. SheilaT Dec 2015 #32

a friend once said (while we were in NM) "I know the location of every restroom from here to jackson niyad Dec 2015 #25

After a certain age, yep. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #27

Living by the ocean, I started doing this after the Indonesian tsunami uppityperson Dec 2015 #4

My Nanna taught me to do that for fire safety... haikugal Dec 2015 #5

"Because of today's gun violence" Shandris Dec 2015 #6

+1 w0nderer Dec 2015 #52

i always do, and sit nearest the exit restorefreedom Dec 2015 #7

I've been to an FBI-sponsored Active Shooter training. Maedhros Dec 2015 #11

I took that class as well. darkangel218 Dec 2015 #28

I'd hate to be you in the 70s NobodyHere Dec 2015 #12

That's when I started my 2naSalit Dec 2015 #22

I don't. I'm more likely to be done in by a drunk driver, or poverty, than a mass shooter. n/t winter is coming Dec 2015 #14

I've always done that at rock concerts rocktivity Dec 2015 #17

As an aside... Docreed2003 Dec 2015 #43

Not because of gun violence; because of fire. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2015 #18

Always sarisataka Dec 2015 #19

Almost always, but not because of gun violence. Brickbat Dec 2015 #20

You're probably more at risk from the MRSA virus, or a fatal car wreck. Although I admit it jtuck004 Dec 2015 #21

Do it for fire and other concerns unc70 Dec 2015 #23

Same here - and had a reminder of why a few years ago ThoughtCriminal Dec 2015 #24

I do it more in case of a fire, but it's a habit I got into in the Marines Recursion Dec 2015 #29

Yeah, I've always done that car thing. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2015 #50

Nope Travis_0004 Dec 2015 #30

Who here is paranoid? The odds are millions to 1. Not that worried about it. Nt Logical Dec 2015 #31

I always want to know where the -entrances- are HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #33

Not me. CentralMass Dec 2015 #34

I have always taught my kids to find fire exits at clubs Trajan Dec 2015 #35

Me too Aria36 Dec 2015 #36

In California, I always look for what to get under in the event of earthquake jberryhill Dec 2015 #37

Good point nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #42

You beat me to it. montana_hazeleyes Dec 2015 #57

I never sit with my back to the front door... Historic NY Dec 2015 #38

Why on earth would I do that? Codeine Dec 2015 #39

+1 Joe Shlabotnik Dec 2015 #44

Well, on airplanes, they point them out jberryhill Dec 2015 #45

Exactly :) Zing Zing Zingbah Dec 2015 #48

Been doing that for years nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #41

Nope. elias49 Dec 2015 #46

No, I would never do that. Zing Zing Zingbah Dec 2015 #47

I do. But not because I'm afraid of guns. I'm guessing I've been in close proximity to someone cherokeeprogressive Dec 2015 #49

My wife does redstateblues Dec 2015 #51

Whenever I am in public, I am aware of Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #53

Same here. 840high Dec 2015 #55

I'm agoraphobic; know every exit in any venue I'm in... VOX Dec 2015 #54

I've always done that, but not because of gun violence specifically. Nailzberg Dec 2015 #58