Wait what’s a buildings fire evacuation plan if you aren’t supposed to use the elevator to get down
You go down the stairwell/fire escape. Is that weird?
But what if you have a walker or a wheelchair??
in america at least, in this situation, there isnt one. either your loved ones or the firemen can get you out using the emergency fire escapes or stairs, or you die
That’s fucking horrific, thank you
“fun” little story:
last summer my friend who is an amazingly talented artist and i were in this super tall building, and she’s in a wheelchair and i’m pushing her around the room. it’s an art exhibit and some of her art was chosen to be showcased there and so it’s all fine and dandy until suddenly an alarm starts going off
a FIRE ALARM
everyone starts running for the stairs and my friend just looks at me with this forlorn look on her face
“i can’t go down the stairs”
but i’m a stubborn bitch “i’ll carry you”
“what about my chair? it’s too expensive for me to be able to get another one if i can’t get this one back”
“i’ll carry that too”
and i did. we went to the stairs (by then most people from our floor were gone) and i lifted her up in a fireman’s carry over my shoulder and then lifted her chair up and used the ridiculous amount of adrenaline that was coursing through my veins to make it down approximately 20 half-flights of stairs until we met some people exiting lower floors, one of which who kindly took the chair. I changed positions so i was holding my friend bridal-style which was, somehow, easier and the person who took her wheelchair (with her permission to handle it of course) accompanied me to the ground floor and then out the doors
basically there is no real protocol for people who can’t use the stairs in an emergency. it’s up to the people with them, if anyone, to help them or the person to somehow make it down the stairs alone, unassisted
thank fuck that it was just a faulty alarm system, because if i was unable to carry her down those stairs and the building was on fucking fire???? then i don’t know what would have happened to her, but i don’t think it would have been very good.
it’s fucking ridiculous and ableist to the absolute max.
I use a cane. When I did a day-long fire safety training at my northeast American university (UMass Amherst), I asked that exact same question: “what am I supposed to do if the fire alarm goes off and I’m in my lab on the twelfth floor?”
the fire marshal hemmed and hawed for a while and then said to take the elevator- you’re supposed to leave it free for the fire department to use and they want able-bodied people out fast not waiting for elevators. if the fire alarm has just gone off the building probably hasn’t suffered enough structural damage to make using the elevator dangerous, and modern elevator wells are heavily reinforced. many large and high-trafficked buildings on my campus have fire rated elevators that link in with the fire alarm system so they won’t let you off on a floor with a possible fire.
if the elevator isn’t working, wait in the stairwell and call the fire department to let them know where you are. modern stairwells are also heavily reinforced- it might not be pleasant but modern building code usually requires fire-resistant stairwell doors in office and big residential buildings, also to help firefighters get in and out safely. older buildings’ stairwells may or may not be retrofitted with fire-resistant doors but a stairwell is generally the safest place to wait if you can’t get out.
what happened to your friend was horrible, and i’m very glad you were there to help her out, but you can absolutely use the elevator to evacuate if it’s not shut down. those don’t-use-the-elevator rules are for abled people.
This is GOOD TO KNOW. why do they not tell people this??
Okay, firefighter here. If you are not physically able to use the stairs, and the elevator is NOT compromised, use the elevator. But you MUST be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that the elevator is NOT compromised before you get into it, because there is always the chance that once you get into it, you may not exit it. Power could go out. The elevator may actually BE compromised and you just couldn’t tell from where you were until you were in there, and it suddenly shuts down on you. Something else could happen.
Understand that once you enter the elevator, you could POTENTIALLY be taking your life into your hands there.
It is NOT LIKELY, to be perfectly honest. It’s only in a pretty catastrophic scenario - think the Twin Towers, USA, on September 11th - that the elevators will be compromised and out of service. But there is a NOT ZERO PERCENT CHANCE and you need to understand that and accept it.
As for leaving the elevators free for the firefighters, okay, here’s the deal. Unless your nearest fire station is literally right next door? Your first on scene fire truck is NOT likely to be there on scene and needing that elevator before you get to the ground. It takes us TIME to find the address, gear up, and drive to the building. Then we need to hoof it into where the elevators even ARE, so YOU HAVE TIME to use the elevator to get down to the ground floor… BUT ONLY IF THERE’S NOT A RUSH ON THE ELEVATOR! And THAT is WHY we don’t tell people this shit. That’s WHY we tell people to NEVER USE THE ELEVATOR… because every self-entitled asshole will use it because they don’t feel like walking, and then put YOU in danger by delaying the elevator’s arrival to you.
IF, however, the elevator IS compromised, or you just can’t get it to come for you, or whatever, and you either don’t have anyone with you who has the adrenaline fueled BALLS to be able to toss you over their shoulder and hoof it down the stairs with you - because, let’s face it, that is RARE AS FUCK, then HERE IS WHAT YOU DO:
You call 911 and tell the call taker that you are in the building that has a fire alarm going off, and you are not able to evacuate because of a physical disability, and you tell them what floor you are on, and EXACTLY what stairwell you are waiting at. And the very FIRST thing that the firefighters are going to do once they arrive, if it is, indeed, a REAL emergency, and not a false alarm, is come get your ass and bring you down. Whether that means carrying you down the stairs, or whether that means locking out the elevators so that no one else can override them and coming to get you themselves, they WILL come get you FIRST THING if it is a real event. And if it is a false alarm? You will probably be the first person who is not involved with the building to know, because the call-taker is going to stay on the line with you until you are under someone’s care and out of danger, or until the scene has been sorted out as real or false, and you are out of danger that way.
These are pretty standard operations in the fire service throughout the United States. There may be some minor variations based on specific municipalities, but, for the most part, this is pretty typical: LIFE BEFORE PROPERTY. So, as long as SOMEONE knows where you are - hence why you call 911 - Firefighters will come get you. You are NOT alone, and you have NOT been abandoned. I PROMISE. It’s like, our whole reason for doing the shit we do: to save lives and to break shit. Sometimes, we get lucky enough to do both at the same time.
High rise fires suck ass, and I always hated them. But the very FIRST thing I asked anytime we got one was if we had “any entrapments” - which is what we call anyone who could not self-evacuate for ANY reason. We ain’t leaving you behind. And yes, your friend who doesn’t have the stamina to carry you down can stay with you, too. Because I would never ask that of someone, honestly.
Also, just a little FYI… MOST fire alarms are false alarms. Not to make anyone complacent or anything, but, yeah. Most of them are either system malfunctions, someone accidentally hit a pull station, or someone burned popcorn in a break room. So don’t let a fire alarm freak you out until you need it to - by smelling or seeing smoke or flames.
i have had multiple nightmares about this very thing because NOBODY BOTHERS TO ACTUALLY TELL WHEELCHAIR USERS THIS STUFF
Apparently the current form of Avian Flu is transmissible to cats and will kill them. It is also transmissible from cats to humans, just in case you don’t actually care about the health and safety of creatures who depend on you.
Terrible but unfortunately true news. The last HPAI outbreak in the US was in 2015-2016, and studies at the time determined cats were at risk through both ingestion of infected meat (like when they catch a wild bird and eat it) and respiratory transmission.
A mini project done on Lakota Identity with some fellow students at Oglala Lakota College.
Project conceived by Elaine Yellow Horse (second photo). Photographs/editing by me (doyoumisterjones). Additional help by Anna Takes Shield (last photo.)
Because I’ve seen other people expressing confusion about this, I figured I should attach my answer to this ask:
Wonderful information on Lakota hair and protocol. Thank you for sharing.
Reminder that s**aw is an extremely harmful slur against Native women, do NOT use this term if you are not Native American.
asexuals before realizing they’re ace: isn’t it weird how we call people “hot” when we just mean, like, pretty? it makes it sound like you actually feel hot when you see them. which isn’t a thing. anyway
ok i am absolutely losing it over the sheer number of people who found out what hot means from this post
Man, this is like the time my therapist explained that watching characters with “chemistry” is supposed to make you feel aroused. Who knew, right?
I’m sorry what?
I thought it was supposed to make you intrigued like any other plot device
Watch “Songs to keep the beat when doing CPR” on YouTube
A little bit about my previous job. I am a Certified Nursing Assistant in my state, and I have been trained in basic life saving techniques for CPR and using a defibrillator. Learning CPR (which should be a class everyone starting in middle (usa) primary (other countries)) is a great tool to learn. And these songs just a few that helps keep 100 beats until help arrives, the defibrillator, or both.
If you don’t believe me, read up this link and you’re gonna be surprised that your parents and grandparents music might help you save a life. Both young and old.
we really devolved as a society when we stopped using fully painted pictures on romance novels and started using cheap photoshop instead
case in point
this is a Hell of a downgrade
worst crime capitalism ever committed was eliminating Horny Oil Painter as a viable career option.
I went down a rabbit hole this summer researching romance novel covers and painting fanart in this style and
this is an EXTREMELY fun style to work in, and also
many of the most iconic romance novel covers you’re probably picturing when you think “classic painted romance novel cover” were produced by one prolific, masterful artist
Her name was Elaine Duillo, and she had a long and extremely productive career spanning from the mid 60’s to her retirement in 2003. She worked mainly in acrylics.
She did illustration work in other genres as well, but she really found her niche in romance novels. She pretty much redefined the aesthetic conventions of the genre, popularizing male models and male nudity and sexualizing men to cater to the female gaze in a way that simply wasn’t the norm before her work. You know Fabio? she’s the one who started using him as a model, and essentially launched his career. And honestly, just look at her work:
magnificent
Wait shit, she retired in 2003? I think that’s exactly when I started seeing shitty photoshops on all the new romance novel covers.
She was literally carrying the entire industry single-handed and then they just did not replace her.
Gather ‘round kids: I had a coworker mention to me this morning that it’s impossible to get grease stains out of fabric. As a former chemistry minor who worked two years under the table doing housekeeping and who generally tends to be a fucking disaster, I am here to tell everyone that it absolutely is not impossible, in case this is a widespread belief. Here are a few of my favorite cleaning stain removers that I always have at home.
Here are some options:
A Tide™ pen.
I’m a generic kinda lady. I hate promoting brands 99% of the time. BUT if you catch absolutely any kind of stain before it gets ground in, you can get most of it out with one of these babies. I’ve tested it on blood, chocolate, coffee, guacamole, pizza sauce, red wine on, on that one time i accidentally slopped some oil I was supposed to be using on antiques onto a fancy rug (also an antique but not the one I was gunning for). If you’re washing something delicate, pump it onto your finger a couple of times and gently rub it in. I’m not sure what they put in these things but I’m pretty sure it’s an arcane secret.
Dish soap
Granted, this is a little trickier for upholstery/carpet, but it can still be done using a rag, some water, and some patience. But for clothing, just pour some soap on the stain and rub it in under cold running water.
Absolutely any clear alcohol is your new best friend
You know the old “white wine to clean red” trick? Well, this is its updated sister I like to call “you, too, can use coconut rum to get red jello shot out of your nice white dress”. It’s a nice party trick. Straight vodka works even better. For every day situations involving any kind of alcohol-related spills (including markers)–and especially work situations–rubbing alcohol is ideal. To quote another adage, this one from every chemistry teacher you will ever meet, “like dissolves like.”
Hydrogen Peroxide
It can get blood out of absolutely anything, including your mattress. It reacts with the iron in hemoglobin, which breaks down the molecule, causing it to lose its red color. So make sure you’re not using a cast iron skillet to wash your period underwear in.
Vinegar
This will dissolve lime buildup overnight. Fill a bag, tie it around your showerhead, and presto. You can also use it to scrub the area around your sink and to break up any buildup in pipes. (Limeaway™ is for rich people.)
Baking soda
This is great if you have a pet or child who peed on the carpet. Just cover the area, wait until it dries, and vacuum it up. The longer you leave it, the better it will do at removing the smell. It’s also good removing mild odors from a small space, like a fridge or a laundry hamper.
Charcoal
This is your heavy duty odor killer. A little goes a long way. In chemistry, activated charcoal is used as a purifier in reactions, and in medicine, it can be used to treat mild poisoning/overdoses. In your car that smells like someone died because you forgot you had potatoes in the trunk for six months? All you need are regular old charcoal briquettes. Stick a couple handfuls in a flat box and the smell will be gone overnight. Guaranteed. For larger areas, just use more charcoal.
Baking soda is also good for stuff stuck on pots pans and your stove top. Add a little bit of water and elbow grease and it’s like magic
Baby shampoo will get oil stains out of clothing even if it’s been washed and dried several times. Shampoo is formulated to remove oil from organic stuff.
Fabric cleaning tips. good to know for sewers.
Helpful!!!
Thank you guys so much! I have so many shirts i can’t wear anymore bc im a messy one
theres a huge difference btwn panic attacks and anxiety attacks. i keep seeing people use panic attack to refer to anxiety attacks and as someone who experience panic attacks it’s just not cool to see it being marginalized in that way.
the difference is:
anxiety attack –> people may feel fearful, apprehensive, may feel their heart racing or feel short of breath, but it’s very short lived, and when the stressor goes away, so does the anxiety attack.
panic attack –> doesn’t come in reaction to a stressor. it’s unprovoked and unpredictable. during a panic attack the individual is seized with terror, fear, or apprehension. they may feel that they’re going to die, or lose control or have a heart attack. they have a host of physical symptoms which may include chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, nausea.
Manifestation was and is often a tool used within the African American community. The strong belief that “we shall overcome”, “god will provide” and that intense belief in a better life for us will eventually see us at a better place was an integral part in our history both during slavery and after.
Manifestation in this sense is defined as an intense belief that what we want will happen, especially if we put ourselves and our energy in this mindset. Are there downfalls to manifestation, absolutely, but I think painting it under one color overlooks the role it’s played in other communities.
I’ve seen blankets statements about manifestation, but I also want to point out for people and communities that are historically disadvantaged, that this mindset can be incredibly helpful and a source of motivation. You know, just like magic is.
The point is to look at manifestion outside of the new age trend, and understand that blanket statements about how horrible it is and the people who use it are ignores the integral part it plays in certain non-white spiritualities. I’ve seen so many long think pieces on it, and most fail to leave out this aspect
Getting quite frustrated about a trend in what could be called Early Modern Reconstructionist Witchcraft: a trend of taking particular ideas about reported historical practises in early modern and often also medieval Europe (and especially England and Scotland) and attempting to codify them as The True Witchcraft - often partially or completely devoid of the actual cultural and religious context of these practices (and without critical analysis of whether they *were* actual practices, when they come via trial reports), and often along with an American fetishisation of Europe. It’s giving me a thumping headache.
Look, being inspired by the imagery of witchcraft in early modern (& earlier & later) England, Scotland, Western Europe is great. Flying ointments, diabolical Sabbats, wild hunts & furious hosts and faery rades, familiar spirits, Diana and Habondia and their spiritual sisters - it’s great stuff, it’s juicy, it’s a real current in historical thought that’s affected our present day ideas. The image of the cunning wo/man (whether of the mystic-cottage-full-of-herbs variety or the canny sometimes-rip-off-merchant practising what Pratchett termed Headology one [and the two are not exclusive]) is fertile inspiration for modern practice. I draw on this stuff myself, obviously!
But please, please be wary of anyone trying to tell you that modern, developing practises derived from (often selective) historical reports and modern interpretations of them are What People Did And How People Thought/Believed Back Then! Especially if the same people are deriding twentieth-century witchcrafts inspired by people like Murray - because those witchcrafts were *also* based on (often selective) historical and archaeological information of their day and the contemporary interpretations of them. (And extra especially if those people have books or classes to sell!)
The reaching for ‘authenticity’ is an understandable urge, and can be a real spiritual and magical hunger for roots and meaning. But claims of *historical* authenticity in contemporary, reconstructed practices should always be treated with wariness - because there’s always more evidence to come along, new ways of looking at the past to develop, and what seems like an obvious historical survival today is going to look like Murray’s witch cult and Frazer’s Golden Bough in ten, twenty, fifty years’ time. (And hey, people can and do still draw valid personal inspiration from those, we just need to understand they’re not History Fact.)
Any practice that looks back to the past is necessarily a child of historiography as much as history. And historiography is a constantly evolving thing. So…just be thoughtful, okay? If stuff speaks to you, that’s great, work that current ‘til your arse falls off. Just be wary of believing - or making - claims that what you’re doing is More Real, More Accurate, More Authentic, More Historical than what other people are doing.
“ But please, please be wary of anyone trying to tell you that modern, developing practises derived from (often selective) historical reports and modern interpretations of them are What People Did And How People Thought/Believed Back Then! Especially if the same people are deriding twentieth-century witchcrafts inspired by people like Murray - because those witchcrafts were *also* based on (often selective) historical and archaeological information of their day and the contemporary interpretations of them.”
asexuals before realizing they’re ace: isn’t it weird how we call people “hot” when we just mean, like, pretty? it makes it sound like you actually feel hot when you see them. which isn’t a thing. anyway
ok i am absolutely losing it over the sheer number of people who found out what hot means from this post
Man, this is like the time my therapist explained that watching characters with “chemistry” is supposed to make you feel aroused. Who knew, right?
I’m sorry what?
I thought it was supposed to make you intrigued like any other plot device
I was asked recently about whether or not I liked DP. To give you an idea of how naive I was, I thought it meant dairy products, so naturally my first response was hell yeah, I love that stuff. Then I learned it meant double penetration. I thought about that and my conclusion was yeah, I’d try that sure. I mean I’ve had a cock in my cunt and a plug in my ass and a cock in my ass and a dildo in my cunt so why not try it with 2 cocks.
The more I thought about it though, the more I realized that while it might be a great fantasy, it’s probably not the kind of thing that’s likely to happen for real. Not because I would be against it but because guys get really squeamish about being near another naked guy with a hard on. See, girls don’t generally have this problem. Sure, I’m bi so for me to touch another girl who is naked is a plus and I have been with another girl of course and with a girl and a guy so that was fun, but for a lot of girls, it’s something they can deal with even if they’re not bi. Guys though, that’s a different story. I think it’s because from a societal point of view, a girl who experiments with another girl is just curious, not necessary lesbian. A guy who experiments is viewed as gay, period, end of story, which of course is a ridiculous double standard.
Now I know what you’re thinking, you’ve seen lots of videos of guys doing a girl at one time. Yeah, videos. You know who has no problem being a inch away from another naked guy while doing a girl? Porn actors and guys with bi-sexual leanings. Most guys I meet aren’t porn actors, which is probably a good thing, and while I know lots of guys who are either gay or straight, I haven’t knowingly run into too many in the bi category. There may be some guys who look at me and think well, I’d gladly be close to another naked guy if it means I get to stick my cock in her, and okay, maybe some guys can go through with that, but I think a lot would say hey, sure I think she’s cute and all but um, I just don’t want to be that close to another naked guy’s hard cock okay?
It’s not just a matter of positioning your body so that don’t have too much naked contact with the other dude either. Let’s be honest about what happens when you put your cock in whichever hole of mine you choose, ass or cunt and there’s already another cock in the other hole. You’re probably going to feel that. Yeah, that’s right. You’re going to feel the other guy’s cock against yours. Sure, you’ve got the vaginal wall and my rectum to buffer you so that’s a plus, but still, I think it freaks a lot of straight guys out to know that their cock is going to be rubbing up against another guy’s.
Alright, so let’s say double fucking me is out. What about other activities? I saw this gif thingie that someone posted on their blog of this girl who had 2 cocks and was basically bouncing her mouth all the way down one, out, then on to the other, back and forth. See, I would have no problem trying that, though while it might make for interesting video, I wonder how much pleasure a guy would really get from it since I’m not really focused for too long on any one cock in particular. But that’s not the issue. The problem is that a lot of guys don’t want to stick their cock where they know another cock has just been.
Yes, guys know I’ve fucked other guys and they accept that in the back of their mind, but as they say, out of sight, out of mind. Sort of like how you may love hot dogs but you know better than to ask how they’re made. Or a better yet, when you check into a hotel room, you know other people have stayed there but it’s all fresh and clean and made up just for you. If you check into a room that hasn’t been properly made up yet or still has evidence of prior users, you get a little grossed out. I have a feeling that my body isn’t viewed that differently. Maybe you think it’s a 5 star room with gorgeous views, but you still don’t want to know about all the other people who stayed and played there.
So I wonder if a guy can stand there and stick his cock where he just saw another cock go. If you just saw me with another cock in my mouth, would you want to stick yours there? If you saw cum dripping out of my cunt or ass, would you want to stick your cock inside me? There are some guys who will sit there and say yeah, they would, but I bet there’s a lot more, and again, I’m just talking non porn actor straight guys here, who would say um, that just isn’t going to do it for me.
I think that finding the right guys who I would want to do that with would be enough of a challenge but finding ones comfortable enough with each other to want to share me like that would be even tougher. So while it’s possible that it could happen, it doesn’t seem super likely. I’m curious to know what you guys (and girls) think on this. I think some will disagree and others will really think about it and say yeah, I can see that.
Well, as usual @kristin-kailey has a very interesting and insightful post.
Though a bit of a comment from an evolutionary psychology perspective. This might be a bit un-PC, so trigger warning for those who can’t take a challenge to their worldview.
Why are guys uncomfortable with other guys’ sexuality? In a word: instinct. The thing is, sharing is bad for male reproduction. Guys who were disgusted by other guys’ jizz had a higher chance of reproducing, so they ended up being the majority in the population.
Except for rare circumstances, women can only get pregnant from one guy at a time. So if a guy has sex with a girl who recently had sex, he’s less likely to get her pregnant, and less likely to carry on his genes. Other men being sexual are a threat to his reproduction, which is why men have the primitive instinct to reject other male sexuality.
Basically, if a guy shares his girl with another guy, he’s cutting his chance of reproduction in half. That’s bad biology.
On the other hand, for a girl, it’s not such a big deal. Guys can cum a couple of times during sex (remember, we used to be having sex when we were really young, since life expectancy wasn’t all that long), so by sharing her guy with another girl, she’s not drastically cutting her chances of getting pregnant. Also, women spend most of their lives not able to reproduce so if she’s off her ovulation period, sharing her guy from an evolutionary biological perspective, “costs” her nothing. Consequently, women didn’t develop an aversion to being sexual with other girls
The other factor is that guys were less likely to have sex and reproduce in primitive societies. Only about 30% of males were able to pass on their genetic material, while well over 80% of women did. What that means is that men value the opportunity to have sex a lot more than women do; for women, they most likely would be able to pass on their genes, but most men wouldn’t.
Consequently, a good way to entice men to have sex for a lot of women was to offer to double his odds with a threesome. Women who were comfortable sharing actually had a better chance of reproducing, because they could attract the alpha-males. All these factors are what lead to the “double standard” of men really wanting to be in a threesome with two girls, but hating being in a threesome with a girl and a guy.
Today I learned that Van Halen have that rider in their contract about “a bowl of M&Ms with all the brown ones removed” in order to know at a glance if the promoter read the entire contract. And the reason they do THAT is because they once had a stage collapse because a promoter hadn’t read the proper way to set up all the specific technical stuff.
So if the band goes in the dressing room or catering and sees brown M&Ms, they know they have to double-check the stage setup for safety.
I heard about this on Freakonomics Radio. Turns out the bit about no brown M&Ms is HUGE, in BIG font, bold, underlined and quotated like they’re on the Group W Bench.
The band was all, “We have fifty-pound lights hanging over our heads and fire being shot out of cannons. We had to know whether they read our safety regs so we didn’t flamebroil any roadies.”
interesting how this has become a meme in the music industry about divas. i’ve always heard jokes that amount to “this stuck up celebrity hates the green gummy bears!! they’re refusing to perform just for that???” and its reading stuff like this that i realise how that joke might have come about. people get grumpy that the band refuses to play but cant admit its because THEY’RE incompetent, so they make it all about the M&Ms. another example of artists using a creative method to ensure they have a perfectly reasonable request fulfilled that is then bastardised by lazy people who wanna make money off them.
…this is like the music industry version of hearing the truth behind the McDonalds hot coffee lawsuit
The way David Lee Roth told it on his radio, it wasn’t that they had the stage *collapse* as such. They were playing at a college basketball arena and there were instructions in the contract on padding the stage supports so the arena floor would not be damaged, but the stage was not set up with the pads under the supports, and the weight of the stage caused it to sink about a half inch into the floor, so the whole floor had to be redone at some ridiculous cost, and they were expected to pay for it. Which they pointed out wasn’t their problem, the guys setting up the stage had done it wrong. (As with many touring bands of the time, they had two stages - one went ahead to the next locale so it would be ready to go when they arrived, so it was usually locals setting up the stage rather than their own crew.) They also had a problem at another arena where the power supply was insufficient to run their light rig, and they blew a breaker and were plunged into darkness right when Roth was jumping off the drum riser to start the show. (Fortunately they had pads down in his intended landing area so he was not injured, but it was still scary.) So they put the M&Ms thing in to check if people were actually reading the contract and all riders, and as he put it, “If we went in and there were brown M&Ms in the bowl, we might trash the dressing room a little bit and refuse to go onstage, and meanwhile *our* crew would be checking everything out to make sure it was safe.”
