Islander
07-10-04, - 10:27 PM
Most of us are familiar with entering places of business, you stand at the front door, press a door buzzer and you are allowed to enter once the inside staff press an electrical door opener. This is all well and good for preventing the entry of questionable persons(s).
My issue is the places of business that have the public areas locked from the inside, preventing exit, this is a death trap and is illegal.
Picture this, a fire starts, well guess what, one of the first things to happen is wires short and there goes your electricity, so now to get out, you need someone with keys, they have to get the keys and get to the door, unlock it so that any occupants can get out. There are a too many thing that can go wrong with this !!! people tend to panic in such situations, thats a fact. Another fact is persons trapped by fires surcumbe to smoke inhalation long before they are threatended by the fire itself.
Its a fact that you CANNOT get a place of business licenced with such unsafe door lockes in place, so why do they turn around and put them afterwards, who should be responcable for keeping places of business opened to the public in compliance, the fire dept, the PUC, who????
Why aren't they doing something about it???
Some answer, "Oh well we don't want the theifs to get away" well, do you really think the alternative of trapping a criminal in a closed area with the staff and other cutomers is smart! Who knows what they might do in an effort to force their way out. The value of any item they might be taking could never even come close to the value of life and health of staff or customer.
What is it going to take, a few lives? many lives? before someone with the duely assigned responsibility for this stands up, it too late then.
Why are we such a reactive society and not more proactive.
Ill tell you what, if this were in another place like the USA, they would shut them down faster than two shakes, it is a death trap.
My issue is the places of business that have the public areas locked from the inside, preventing exit, this is a death trap and is illegal.
Picture this, a fire starts, well guess what, one of the first things to happen is wires short and there goes your electricity, so now to get out, you need someone with keys, they have to get the keys and get to the door, unlock it so that any occupants can get out. There are a too many thing that can go wrong with this !!! people tend to panic in such situations, thats a fact. Another fact is persons trapped by fires surcumbe to smoke inhalation long before they are threatended by the fire itself.
Its a fact that you CANNOT get a place of business licenced with such unsafe door lockes in place, so why do they turn around and put them afterwards, who should be responcable for keeping places of business opened to the public in compliance, the fire dept, the PUC, who????
Why aren't they doing something about it???
Some answer, "Oh well we don't want the theifs to get away" well, do you really think the alternative of trapping a criminal in a closed area with the staff and other cutomers is smart! Who knows what they might do in an effort to force their way out. The value of any item they might be taking could never even come close to the value of life and health of staff or customer.
What is it going to take, a few lives? many lives? before someone with the duely assigned responsibility for this stands up, it too late then.
Why are we such a reactive society and not more proactive.
Ill tell you what, if this were in another place like the USA, they would shut them down faster than two shakes, it is a death trap.