Thursday, August 2, 2007

Psychological Crisis

I am sitting here at my (or rather Diana's) desk in the Library, trying my damndest not to fall asleep. It is exceptionally boring at this time in the evening, when I have finished all the major projects for the day, there are no patrons, and I don't want to start anything new. So I am looking up at the bulletin board over my desk (the one with actual notices; not the nice one with the pictures and the quotes), and I notice an emergency listing of some sort. We had something similar when i worked in the hospital... however, emergencies were prioritized... The most hazardous were on top, and they decreased in severity as one descended the list. This list in the Library, however, seems to have no significant order at all. The first item on this list is Psychological Crisis. However, nowhere does it inform the reader of what, exactly, may be considered a psychological crisis. Closely followed is Explosion. Now I REALLY want to know what the psychological crisis could be, that would warrant it being placed above explosion. I can see how a psychological crisis could be the result of an explosion... altho, maybe it is the cause and that is why Explosion makes number 2 on the list. But it gets better! As you read further, there are things such as "Bomb threat, Riot, Severe Weather, Chemical Hazard, Threatening/Violent Behavior...." It goes on. But what I like the MOST about this lovely list is that the section labeled "Important Information" is in the middle... between Resource Teams and Homeland Security. I think, if I had an unspecified Psychological Crisis, I might be ok, but if I needed Important Information of any kind, I might just be screwed. Oh, and Fire is at the bottom of this list.

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