Weapons and Wrong Email/Text Addresses

So today at work we had the “Run, Hide, Fight: Preparedness Training” for active shooter situations in our facility.  I work on a campus that houses 7 buildings and over 6,000 employees.  They’re basically trying to prepare us for someone who goes postal, or a terrorist threat on the facility grounds.  They used a Homeland Security video, and I was prepared for it to be crappy and political.  I was pleasantly surprised at how well it was done.

Having attended weapons courses for the past 16 years, every other year (to hold my CCW), I can usually spot BS advice and this really didn’t have it.  I was greatly relieved, because I was ready to pepper the Q&A session if it was. I am a complete believer of a citizen’s right to keep and bear arms. I would prefer that they know how to use their weapon and practice basic gun safety.  

I’ve blogged about Feinstein’s “War on Women”, and you know how I feel about a person’s rights and ability. While my work does not want me carrying my weapon on the facility grounds (although legally, I am allowed to do so), I feel that this is a resource that is going untapped in the workplace.  Don’t get me wrong, I do not want the responsibility of defending my fellow coworkers unless absolutely necessary.  It opens me up to litigation and prosecution and that’s something I don’t want.  But if push came to shove, I would do what I had to do and sacrifice whatever necessary to ensure the safety of myself and the people around me.  If we’ve learned one thing from these shootings in public places, it’s that there wasn’t someone around to return the same balance of power, i.e. no one was armed to defend themselves against someone with a gun.  If it happens here at my facility, we’re going to have the same problem. Our security doesn’t carry weapons so logically speaking; people will die before a shooter is brought down.

It’s a sobering thought and I’m happy that at least my workplace is taking into consideration the possibility and approaching it from a logical standpoint.  Better to prepare than not have a plan in place.  Food for thought.

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On a lighter note, I sent a text to the person I owe the Super Bowl bet, asking if March 22^nd would be a good date to present them with the meal I promised.  The text back says “U have wrong person, but dinner does sound good.” I’m busting up laughing because I know this person and they’ve already given me a hard time about paying up, etc. So I write back “Don’t I owe you a Super Bowl bet dinner???” and he responds back with “Well who’s this, I made a lot of bets during Super Bowl.” I respond back with “Now I know where I rate….It’s D”.   I already told him what I’d be preparing for dinner.  This is a top notch, pant dropping dinner you’d make for a guy you’re really interested in (I’m not interested…we work together and I’m not breaking Rule #1!), i.e. Lobster, crab cakes, mussels with white wine and garlic, fresh baked French bread, Caesar salad with parmesan curls and homemade Caesar dressing (not sure about the dessert yet, but it will do the meal justice). 

I’m a person that if I lose a bet, I’m going to pay up, and I’m going to go big…because I’m the frakking loser here, and that’s what losers do! I’m not happy about it, I hate to lose, I don’t want to have the winner rubbing my face in my loss the entire evening and making me eat it..and did I mention that I HATE to lose?  Yeah, well I do.

The funny thing is, he must’ve done an OS upgrade on his iPhone, because we’ve texted back and forth, and called each other before.  He, along with a group of others, helped me tear out the inside of my home last year...

Update:  The twirp has a different iPhone number vs the other mobile. He gave up the other mobile and someone else has been getting his messages.  Super Bowl Winner has replied back with "I have put "Sweet Sweet Victory!" on my calendar for March 22nd"...and so the torture begins!  Did I mention I hate losing?

This is the second frakking time today this has happened to me!  This morning I forwarded an email and said "I sent something to your mailbox". I got a response of "Mailbox?" and I started laughing.  Yeah, that's all your girlfriend needs to see!!!   When the person didn't get it and asked what email address I was using, it was the wrong one!  The weird thing is I was using the address I had received his email from, so I don't know why they're different (which totally explains why I didn't get responses to some really funny stuff, naked pictures, wait a sec...the naked pictures wasn't the funny stuff...ok, maybe it was, soul-bearing poetry and songs, etc..YAWN!).

Update #2:  Mystery Mobile has been texting about wanting a victory dinner also. I informed him that the original winner doesn't share. He feels it's my fault for texting the wrong person. And I should supply one.  Then he checks to make sure I'm female.  Uh..Dude...This would be like "Internet Dating" and Dizzy don't do that!  I should really fuck with him and build myself up to be "all that and a bag of chips" then send him a picture of some "Gunter Goodbody Russian Olympic weightlifter chick" and ask him to meet me somewhere!  I'd do it, but Karma has a way of coming around and kicking my ass!