Found out we're doing a mandatory active-shooter training at work. It'll be "non interactive" which I guess means no fake guns or practice takedowns or whatever they do to scare people. At least one of my coworkers has already expressed adamant opposition to this, so I have at least one ally. I'd be more opposed if I were going to have fake guns pointed at me, but if it's just sitting in a room listening to someone talk, I don't mind being paid to listen to their bullshit. Anyway, beyond what I've said, I don't know much about these trainings, so what are some funny ways I could derail it? Don't hold back

  • supafuzz [comrade/them]
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    7 months ago

    the objectively funniest would be to choose that day to go postal

    please don't actually do that though

    • Rashav3rak [he/him, any]
      hexagon
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      7 months ago

      someone already said to my boss "oh they're getting us all in a room so we're fish in a barrel?"

        • supafuzz [comrade/them]
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          7 months ago

          you know you live in a healthy society when people use gallows humor to cope with their potential for violent death at the office

          • FloridaBoi [he/him]
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            7 months ago

            The normalization of it is baffling. I brought up how even the idea of this occurring makes me want to avoid the office especially since I knew two people who brought guns for a potential “good guy with a gun” scenario

            • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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              7 months ago

              The odds of this actually happening are vanishingly low. The overwhelming, overwhelming majority of gun violence is still murders and "gang violence"

            • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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              7 months ago

              "Oh this gun I brought it to kill a coworker if they attack the office"

              a sign that someone has a bad attitude towards their colleagues