As the team lead, I’m expected to put on our safety vest and direct the other members of the team on what to do during a fire. Okay no problem.
So I hear the alarm is going off, while I was going to the bathroom, but I couldn’t hear if the fire was on my unit or not from the page. Anyways I finish in the bathroom as quick as I can and come out to find a bunch of management standing around with clip boards and marking things down. I go and get the safety equipment and start instructing my team on what to do.
Everything goes fine, the drill is over and I’m happy. Until one of the clipboard dickheads comes over and points to their writing that says “1 min 40sec”, then starts going off about how that how long it took for me to get my fire vest on and start instructing my team. I say I’m sorry, but I was in the washroom and couldn’t even hear the page properly about where the location of the “fire” was. It didn’t matter, the scolding continues.
I then ask if they wanted me to just stop, not wipe and run out with my pants around my ankles? This angers them more and the verbal assault continues. I just kind of brushed it off and walked away to go back to doing my actual job.
But come on, one minute and 40 seconds, on a fire drill and I get yelled at by a suit and tie who does nothing all day and collects a fat cheque.. definitely rattled me