tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post115334881510091131..comments2023-10-24T10:46:23.233-05:00Comments on Romantic Ramblings: This is a Drill, This is a Drill!Duke_of_Earlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358279187766938462noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-1153402342178484412006-07-20T08:32:00.000-05:002006-07-20T08:32:00.000-05:00This reminds me of a story my sister told me when ...This reminds me of a story my sister told me when she was an air hostess and they had a new crewmember on board. Apparently there's a code they use for "crash landing" and the pilot gave it out on the radio but the new person hadn;t bee told it was a drill. My sister said it was hilarious !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-1153401082857931262006-07-20T08:11:00.000-05:002006-07-20T08:11:00.000-05:00Alligators?! Lemme at 'em!Alligators?! Lemme at 'em!Candacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10488301409338243686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-1153396515707948902006-07-20T06:55:00.000-05:002006-07-20T06:55:00.000-05:00Sorry to have "fooled" anyone. I thought the post...Sorry to have "fooled" anyone. I thought the post title would make it clear, and the picture of the electric drill was just for pun value, but...<BR/><BR/>Yes, we "practice" various emergency situations all the time. So much, in fact, that employees complain that we spend so much time preparing for disaster that we barely have enough time and resources left to make our product. <BR/><BR/>But we have no choice. From both a moral point of view (it's the right thing to do!) and a legal one (several governmental regulatory agencies require written emergency and security plans and <I>regular</I> practice exercising those plans -- and they come to monitor our drills), it's all just part of our job as "corporate citizens." <BR/><BR/>That's why it galls me that corporations are <B>always</B> portrayed in books and movies (and therefore assumed by many people to all be tarred with that same brush) as greedy, rapacious polluters and exploiters.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, some are. But in my experience, most aren't. Hey, I live in this community too!<BR/><BR/>JohnDuke_of_Earlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08358279187766938462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-1153379123652298452006-07-20T02:05:00.000-05:002006-07-20T02:05:00.000-05:00Wow! I got the fright of my life! I was just about...Wow! I got the fright of my life! I was just about to Google 'plant spill in Southern Texas' to see what happened!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-1153365998615058052006-07-19T22:26:00.000-05:002006-07-19T22:26:00.000-05:00At least you have drills! You could teach New Orle...At least you have drills! You could teach New Orleans a thing or two, couldn't you? It pays to be prepared!kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10628759.post-1153354834504330042006-07-19T19:20:00.000-05:002006-07-19T19:20:00.000-05:00And here I sat, ready to bolt over to CNN.com in c...And here I sat, ready to bolt over to CNN.com in case they carried video of your press conference. No doubt, that makes me evil.<BR/><BR/>Bet this all made for a mighty long day!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01442023056785979903noreply@blogger.com