Thursday, 3 October 2013

When fiction is so accurate it's scary

This sign hangs in the hallway of the company I work for. For those of you whose Dutch is a little spotty, translation can be found below.


Reporting CALAMITY 
1. Call alarmnumber 030 496 9874
2: Mention:
  • Your name
  • Kind of calamity (fire, accident, bomb threat, poisonous gass, hostage situation, agression, etc.)
  • Place of the calamity
  • Number of people involved
3. Wait for further instructions of the ERO-team

The phone number is a fake, but the real number does have 10 digets... Let that sink in. Ten. Digits. TEN. In case of poisonous gas, a bomb threat or a hostage situation. Ten digits. I never knew just how accurate the IT-crowd was before I started work at an IT-helpdesk, but this is one episode I didn't think I'd ever encounter in real life:

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