Who else checks all the exits in a room whenever they enter?

[retrowire]

Because of today's gun violence?

Who else plans out exactly what paths they would take to exit?

Who else figures out whom they'll be able to bring with them, and how they would silently signal to them "There's a shooter here"

I do.

[leftstreet]

1. Only if I enter GD: Primaries

[Lizzie Poppet]

3. Exactly!

At least before I trashed the entire forum...

[Hekate]

8. DUzy!

I take it you'll be here all week.

[retrowire]

10. NICE. But seriously though. nt

[H2O Man]

26. Best answer ever!

[cui bono]

40. LOL!

.

[Liberal_in_LA]

56. Good one!

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. The only thing I really check, is where the bathrooms are.

I will not allow this to change my behavior.

[Hekate]

9. Lolz. Yeah, age does that. nt

[Agnosticsherbet]

13. Yes, yes it does.

[yeoman6987]

15. I never look for exits until I leave.

You have more opportunity to die by driving a car then getting shot. I still drive everyday.

[Agnosticsherbet]

16. I never look up at thet sky and wonder if a meteor will become a meteorite at my position.

This will not affect my behavior, though age does affect my behavior.

[SheilaT]

32. Actually, car deaths are fewer than gun deaths in this country.

Not by very much, but it's still fewer deaths by car than by guns.

[niyad]

25. a friend once said (while we were in NM) "I know the location of every restroom from here to jackson

hole"

[Agnosticsherbet]

27. After a certain age, yep.

[uppityperson]

4. Living by the ocean, I started doing this after the Indonesian tsunami

[haikugal]

5. My Nanna taught me to do that for fire safety...

Now we can add guns...attacks etc.

America...our own special hell.

[Shandris]

6. "Because of today's gun violence"

No. I routinely check every roof, window, exit, entrance, and area ahead of me when entering anywhere (including places I know intimately like my home). Isn't this what everyone does?

I was always raised (for those uninitiated into Shandris-speak, I was raised conservative) to be ultra-alert, so I guess I just assumed everyone was.

Great, now I've got Awareness Privilege.

[w0nderer]

52. +1

[restorefreedom]

7. i always do, and sit nearest the exit

been doing it for years. sometimes claustrophobia has advantages......

[Maedhros]

11. I've been to an FBI-sponsored Active Shooter training.

I make note of the exits and such, but I don't live in fear.

[darkangel218]

28. I took that class as well.

Mandated by my work place.

[NobodyHere]

12. I'd hate to be you in the 70s

When the murder rate was more than twice what it is now.

[2naSalit]

22. That's when I started my

"aware at all times" regime... it has served me well in a couple instances.

[winter is coming]

14. I don't. I'm more likely to be done in by a drunk driver, or poverty, than a mass shooter. n/t

[rocktivity]

17. I've always done that at rock concerts

even before this happened:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2275233


rocktivity

[Docreed2003]

43. As an aside...

I live in RI and pass by the site of "The Station" nightclub every day. It remains, to this day, a shadow over the community. It's rare that a month or week goes by where I don't encounter someone who has direct connections to that night. I have a patient who is very involved in the memorial organization who is raising money to build a memorial on the site, her stories are just gut wrenching. So yeah, I always look for exits in situations like that as well...even more so after being exposed to so many people touched by "The Station"

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Not because of gun violence; because of fire.

It's the smart thing to do. I refuse to be intimidated. Give me liberty or give me death.

[sarisataka]

19. Always

though not for any specific reason. I prefer to live aware of my surroundings and what is happening near me.

[Brickbat]

20. Almost always, but not because of gun violence.

Situational awareness is never a bad thing.

[jtuck004]

21. You're probably more at risk from the MRSA virus, or a fatal car wreck. Although I admit it

is a lot easier to pretend an escape route in a fantasy shooting (in prep for the real one).

Maybe we occupy our time doing that precisely because the others are so hard to avoid?

I'm a sinner to, btw. I, generally, don't fly. I know it is safer than long distance driving, but would rather be around the people, and see the ground. I use the excuse that I don't like flying because we might crash, but I know better. I really don't mind it, I just don't trust the airlines at all, and I prefer flying remote dinosaurs on the island to most people.

[unc70]

23. Do it for fire and other concerns

I have traveled a lot, tend to be aware of places and people around me for a variety of reasons. Almost second nature. Fire is always a possibility, have evacuated two foreign hotels and one U.S. because of fires. Have been within a half mile of a couple of bombs, a bit further from one of the largest in London.

I also count the rows to each of the airplane exits, etc.

I am not really afraid, just want to be prepared. I locate the bathrooms, too. More important as I get older.

[ThoughtCriminal]

24. Same here - and had a reminder of why a few years ago

Had a favorite restaurant that was in an old building outside of town building codes. Went there about once per week and always insisted on sitting near the exit. A few days after the last time we ate there it burned to the ground in a huge fire that we could see from our back yard. Fortunately, nobody was killed and only one minor injury.

I don't insist on sitting near an exit everywhere I go, but I try to notice when things don't look right and where the exits are.

[Recursion]

29. I do it more in case of a fire, but it's a habit I got into in the Marines

Especially in India I always like to know where the exits are wherever I am, because stampedes here kill lots of people every year.

I also always stop in traffic so that I can see the rear wheel of the car in front of me.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

50. Yeah, I've always done that car thing.

It drives me up a wall when my partner gets right up on the number of the car in front of us - especially in a rougher neighborhood.

It also makes just plain good driving sense in the city. So you are not cursing the cab or the bus in front of you that decides at the last minute to pop the flashers on and stay put.

[Travis_0004]

30. Nope

As a white, and non criminal, the odds of gun violence are very small.

[Logical]

31. Who here is paranoid? The odds are millions to 1. Not that worried about it. Nt

[HereSince1628]

33. I always want to know where the -entrances- are

and I prefer to be in a position where I can watch what comes through those entrances.

[CentralMass]

34. Not me.

[Trajan]

35. I have always taught my kids to find fire exits at clubs

Especially after the New Hampshire club fire ...

[Aria36]

36. Me too

I was in a mass shooting many years ago. It never goes away, and nowhere feels truly safe again.

[jberryhill]

37. In California, I always look for what to get under in the event of earthquake

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. Good point

that is the other search...

And those outside seismic zones might look at us weird, Hell, I do it when I visit family in Cleveland... they are rare, but damn they can do MORE damage, since well, no earthquake codes.

[montana_hazeleyes]

57. You beat me to it.

I live right on top of The San Andreas Fault. I think I'm sorta more aware of what to do if one hits.
I've been here all my life and as others here, (['m in S. f. Bay Area) I can tell in less than say two seconds if it's one to just sit out or if it's one where you better do something and quick. I think instinct sets in then more than anything although I have thought out what I would get up under.

I think with sudden things we just do what we can.

[Historic NY]

38. I never sit with my back to the front door...

its force of habit and I always look for an exit door been doing it for 40 yrs.

[Codeine]

39. Why on earth would I do that?

When I walk into a room I look for friends and loved ones. I look for pets and pretty girls and eye-catching art.

I have children, so I look for Legos on the floor, because DAMN they hurt.

But that other stuff? No, that's childish and fearful. I'm not afraid of the world.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

44. +1

Bravo, context in everyday life is everything. I'm the same way.

[jberryhill]

45. Well, on airplanes, they point them out

Although I always wonder who on this earth doesn't know how to work a seatbelt.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

48. Exactly :)

I have a little Lego fan in my house too so they are all over the place. Such a great toy though. My son just makes anything he thinks of with them.

[nadinbrzezinski]

41. Been doing that for years

but we are working media, so we have those ahem codes, and all that.

Yeah, yeah, go ahead and call me paranoid.

[elias49]

46. Nope.

None of the above I'm afraid.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

47. No, I would never do that.

Even though there is all this talk of violence in the world on TV and internet, it doesn't impact my daily life at all. There is not much crime where I live.

[cherokeeprogressive]

49. I do. But not because I'm afraid of guns. I'm guessing I've been in close proximity to someone

carrying a gun literally thousands of times in my life and didn't know it.

No, I live in a place where earthquakes can turn where an exit is, into a place where the exit USED to be. Better to know how to get out than be trapped in a building that could soon be on fire.

I do the same thing on airplanes. I count the number of rows between me and the nearest emergency exit hatch. Then I imagine myself crawling over them rather than going into the aisle to die with the rest of those who will probably burn to death or die of smoke inhalation. Then I make sure my Wife knows to grab my shirt with both hands and follow ME rather than a panicked mob. Do you think I do those two things because I'm afraid of guns?

I liken it to playing third base in my glory days. I was constantly making sure I knew where the runners were and where the ball needed to go should it be hit in my direction.

I don't do things out of fear, I do them out of a well developed sense of self-preservation.

[redstateblues]

51. My wife does

[Snobblevitch]

53. Whenever I am in public, I am aware of

the exits in rooms in which I enter, after all, I myself got into that room. I pay attention to my surroundings, but it has nothing to do with porential gun violence. My family has gotten used to my habit of taking a chair that faces the entrance to the room when dining out. I just like to know what is going on around me.

Whenever I was out with my parents in their later years, (dad is still with us) I always locate the restrooms whether it is when we are in a restaurant, in a retail situation, or any other public outing.

[840high]

55. Same here.

[VOX]

54. I'm agoraphobic; know every exit in any venue I'm in...

I make it a point to have an escape route to an open space planned at all times. Thank god my wife understands.

[Nailzberg]

58. I've always done that, but not because of gun violence specifically.

I've had a will to survive long before mass shootings were a daily occurrence.

I'm always aware of exits and entries, and potential hazards and blind spots. Maybe I'm a paranoid dude, I guess.