Comments on: Fire drill!

By: bucksomeboomer

bucksomeboomer — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:22:43 +0000

You raise a good point, but I’m not too concerned about my office as it’s in a fairly small building and if I was in a meeting room, I could easily stop by my office to grab my purse.

However, even after being evacuated two years ago for 3 days due to a California wild fire, I don’t think my family is any better prepared on what to take and how not to run around in a bit of a panic. Thanks for the food for thought!

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:51:12 +0000

Kris, I’m also a fan of pockets, but I realized that I don’t like the look of my clothes when I have a phone or a wallet shoved in my pocket. A few bills or a credit card and some ID are fine, but anything more just leaves a huge bulge that I don’ t like. I wish I could wear cargo pants everyday. Then I’d be fine!

By: kriswithmany

kriswithmany — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:16:28 +0000

Am I the only woman who is strange enough to hate not having pockets in my skirts? I don’t sacrifice function for fashion. If I’m dressed, I always have my cell phone, keys, and wallet. Unless I’m wearing on of my skirts without pockets. Which happens only for church. And I hate not having those pockets every week!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:36:49 +0000

I often think about this as well….I have $500 in cash along w/ passports and stuff in a fire-proof safe @ home, but if i had 30 seconds I’d get in, grab it, and go…along w/ my money clip & iPhone (what would i do without that? haha)

I keep my id/credit cards/cash and cell on my all the time, so even just that would be fine if i had 0 seconds

By: Kalieris

Kalieris — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:38:00 +0000

I have a small Baggalini cross-body pouch (holds a small card-holder with my driver’s license, subway pass and bank card, plus keys, cash, cell phone). I do sometimes end up wearing it all day because it’s that small and light (and I clearly don’t mind looking like a dork) that I forget to take it off.

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By: Penelope @ Pecuniarities

Penelope @ Pecuniarities — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:35:47 +0000

Since I work at home, my “work” fire drill would be the same as at home, but boy would that be difficult. Our dogs are the most important things to us (my sister and me), so we’d grab leashes and get them out of the house ASAP. If there was time for more things – external hard drive which has all our business stuff on it, wallets and cell phones, and then if there was still time, childhood photos as our mother always told us when we were growing up.

Hmm … let’s just say we’ll be really careful and do everything possible to prevent a fire.

By: kasey at thriftylittleblog

kasey at thriftylittleblog — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:23:46 +0000

Hmm, this is something to think about. I suppose I would look stupid running back through the fire to go and grab my purse. Things would be really tough without any credit cards, driver’s license, etc.

By: Wojciech @ Fiscal Fizzle

Wojciech @ Fiscal Fizzle — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:54:20 +0000

Honestly, I think the odds of having a disastrous fire occur in my office building are about 0.00001%. Newer structures are built to withstand, contain, and even eliminate fire, so I’m not all that worried.

If I lost my keys, wallet, and phone – oh, well. I am sure that I could wait a few hours for someone to pick me up. I mean – it’s not like you’re going back to work the next day. You can afford to hang out in the parking lot for a little while.

By: FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com

FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:37:49 +0000

*hoists BF under her arm and runs*