Gothamist hasn't had the pleasure of bomb scare drills at our office, but Keith at Teleport City tells us that his building's actual procedure when there is a bomb scare is to stay in the building:
I am, however, a bit disturbed that the security protocol for people inside a building that could potentially explode (my office sits above Barnes & Noble) is to not let people leave that building. Or, you know, alert them in any way. Had I not been bored and prone to getting up and staring out the window, I never would have been aware that there was a bomb squad guy downstairs and that the bock had been taped off. Oh well, let that be a lesson to the workers of the world: you should frequently get up and stare out the window for a spell.
Eek. Karl Marx never told warned us about this, but we suppose NYPD and the building management company didn't want people freaking out possible buyers at the Sculpture for Living - the tape was probably very discreet.
Updated: inksy on Flickr has a couple pictures of the bomb squad, including the one above.
