Zombie Scenario: What Would You Do During an Zombie Attack at Work?
While we might feel that we are prepared, have you actually considered the steps you would take during a zombie attack? The ”Zombie Scenario” helps with that task. This scenario deals with an outbreak at work. Here is the situation:
You have just arrived at work. Just prior to actually starting your job, you hear screams. Either by someone yelling “Zombies!” or by your own keen intuition, you know that you are now in the middle of an zombie attack. What do you do?
Take a few moments to think through the above scenario and describe your action plan. Obviously you are not required to mention where you work, but some description about your location would be helpful so others might be able to think through your situation as well.
“Zombie Scenario” is meant as a learning and discussion exercise used as a tool for getting your mind thinking about the outbreak. It should prove helpful to think about a specific scenario and have others review your potential plan. If you have a scenario you would like to see discussed, contact us.
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Comments (36)
splint.chesthair on 03 Jan 2008 at 7:49 pm #
That’s a tough one as I work at a military installation. If a zombie attack made it’s way onto the complex, then it’s probably a helluva infection. It could conceivvably happen though as the security measures are mainly humans so a bite to one soldier, then another could breach a security gate fairly quickly I imagine. Also, if the infection is slow, people with clearance could have been infected and then allowed on to base without the knowledge of the security personnel.
So, if I here screams at work, I’ll know the installation is breached. Since we live in a remote location, I figure we’ll hole up there so I’ll call everyone in the family and tell them to head home NOW. I head to the operations warehouse on the military installation and grab an axe or pipe or other something I can use as a weapon.
On my way home, depending on what it looks like outside, I’d see if I could stop somewhere to pick up any opportunistic supplies or fill the gas tank of the car. Luckily for me there are several different routes to take to get home, interstate, highways, and rural roads.
Really, the family’s only major objective in case of a zombie attack is to get home. We have 4-6 months of food and adequate other supplies. We’d fill the bath tubs and other containers for water. Once home, start fortifying the ground level and devising an escape plan if necessary and meet-up location should we all need to bug out quickly in different directions.
Now if someone in the family couldn’t get home for some reason, then I need to formulate a rescue plan. I haven’t done that yet.
ZAC Admin on 03 Jan 2008 at 8:09 pm #
For me, I work in an office building. I am on the second floor where there are several interior offices. There are several entries, all with security card access. Not the best anti-zombie security, but surely better than nothing at all.
My first move would be to get my butt off my chair and grab the heat (I have a Glock 27 for personal carry). Hopefully my wife and child are safe but I will surely be on the phone to make sure they know what is going on and that we have a meeting place. The next step is to check the exits/entries to the building and see what level of an outbreak I am dealing with. While I am doing that I will be on the phone calling family & loved ones. Right now, I do not have a MZPK with me in my office or vehicle. Hopefully by the time the attack occurs I will have made one and have it in the trunk of the car and one at home.
Since there are several exits and the outbreak is not likely to be extremely severe, I will try to make my way to the car so I can go mobile. That will probably be the riskiest part of the operation and the one where I would most likely need to use the handgun, but my plan would be to preserve any and all ammo until absolutely necessary. To get to where my office is would prove difficult for the undead. There are public areas where they would most likely begin attacking the random person which might allow me the perfect opportunity for escape, taking any potential survivors along with me.
I live close to home, and again depending on the level of the outbreak, I would like to try and make a run for the house. There I have more weaponry and supplies. I could also grab the extra gas can for the mowers just in case the gas stations are overrun.
I am still debating on whether or not the house would be where I would want to make my stand. It is familiar territory for me and I know exactly where all the weak spots are. There is also an upstairs area just in case, with roof access. Here is where my plan starts to break down. Once I have my wife, child, and any family, friends, and fellow survivors in tow, I am unsure of moving to the nearest super center or stay at home.
Maleia on 04 Jan 2008 at 10:40 am #
My workplace would probably be the best place for me to go during an attack, provided I can get there. I actually work in a warehouse, where our small office is on the 2nd floor. There isn’t much of escape route (or entry route), as there’s only one staircase, so I need to figure out a way onto the roof. Once on the roof it’s all easy from there. Just gimme a sniper rifle (gotta get me one of those). We’re on top of a hill on the Ozarks, so I could see them coming from a long way off. Assuming that I could get atop the roof, I am quite certain that even the smartest zombies could never do so. Now I just need to start keeping food rations in my desk and I’ll be set.
Tony on 04 Jan 2008 at 10:50 am #
This is an interesting one. I work from home, the wife is 20 miles away and the 3 year old son is 2 miles away. I’ve told the wife as I’m sure all of us have that when the attack comes that we would make our way to BJ’s, like Price Club, SAMS kinda place.
I would call her and tell her to get in the Hummer and move out as best as possible. Not to stop for anyone and keep going. If it’s moving slow, run over it. This would be the hardest thing to get her to do. I wouldn’t worry about my home so much, I would just need to get to the car. The 3 year old is my next concern. Pick him up and it’s a straight 18 mile shot down a rural road to the BJ’s.
The only issue I could see is if they have it locked down when we get there or the infected are already inside. This would mean trying to fend them off while convincing the others inside to allow us in. If that doesn’t work we all pile in the Hummer and go to location “B”another wholesale club a mile down the road.
I think an infection would start at one central point and move outwards from there. The news would start to carry where it started, I could them formulate a plan of survival based on that. Any plan would have to be flexible as anything could change.
splint.chesthair on 04 Jan 2008 at 10:59 am #
This made me think. Although everyone in the family should attempt to get home where we have adequate supplies to hole up for 3-4 months, it’s quite possible that “making it home” might take hours or days longer than usual depending on the outbreak and road conditions. We really should have a designated meet-up place that is centrally located between work/school and home. In this manner, if travel and moving from place to place is a genuine ordeal, we could meet up at this predetermined spot and team up to make it the rest of the way home. If communication via telephone/cellphone is lost, it would be comforting knowing that we all know where to go to look for each other if we can’t travel very easily.
Tonikaku on 04 Jan 2008 at 1:08 pm #
I think you need to work out that plan Splint, what if it is easy for your wife to get home but not for you so you go to the “meet up” place. Your wife is now home alone and you are out there, how long do you wait for her? How long before she ventures out for you?
If you have more than one location to meet up you need deadlines set up before you move on and people need to know to hole up and STAY there.
If someone needs finding, I will go for them to predetermined locations.
As for me I work from home so if there is a sudden outbreak here I am faced with sudden home and family defense which I am more than prepared for or that ultimate emotional point of any zombie movie.
theButterFly on 04 Jan 2008 at 4:42 pm #
I am torn as to if my work location would prove a good location to set up shop in the event of an out break. The biggest obvious disadvantage to my location would be the fact that it is smack dab in the middle of a majour US city, and is a building freely open to the public. Right away two big red flags. However working in my favour would be the size of the building. My office is located on the top floor of the building and only accessable through stair ways that can easily be barricaded. (I am assuming that zombies might have a hard time climbing stairs.) Narrow hallways leading to my office would prove to be effective choke points should the need for confrontation arise. Also certain areas of these narrow hallways are devided by rather tall walls that do not go fully to the ceiling creating an excellent vantage point for combat without getting into harms way. Stair wells that can be secured from the inside allow for movement between floors. The key destination being the basement of the building where our mechanical shops and kitchens are located. The basement also provides access to a series of tunnels that pretty much stretch across the entire downtown area of the city, including a Coast Guard armory that is very well stocked with all sorts of firearms. It would be dangerous to venture out obviously, but the places we would be able to get to would certainly warrant the risk. I guess all things being equal my building might not be the worst place to find myself in the event of an out break. Especially when I consider the other individuals who I work with. All of whom I would certainly want at my back going into battle. We would just have to figure out where to get our weed from.
Kat on 05 Jan 2008 at 7:56 pm #
I am a nanny for two toddlers. Their mother is blind and works at home. Their father works downtown…so he would most likely not survive, but we would call and tell him where to meet us anyway. Step one would be to blindfold both children and lock them in the car. Step two would be to lock their mother in the car, and tell all three of them to STAY PUT.
After filling the trunk with supplies and grabbing anything I can use as a weapon, we head down the block to their grandfather’s house. He is a BIG guy, a carpenter, with a pickup truck. I tell him to load up on food and weaponry and HURRY.
At this point, I should say that we live in a suburban area that is largely empty during the day when I work. Only mothers with small children and old folks around, so the risk of getting swarmed is quite low.
After that, our convoy heads to my boyfriend’s work. He is a fan of this site, and by that point, will already have saved dozens of lives. Together, our convoy heads north, to my family’s rural, wooded cabin. Since it’s a low population area, and the place is already stocked with food, water, a generator, and guns, it would be a perfect hiding spot.
mark_III on 06 Jan 2008 at 2:14 am #
well, i would be at school. the best course of action i can see is getting to the basement, and grab a couple of axes and crowbars, the basement being where richard, the building manager keeps the tools. being that it is a smaller student body, and according to the scenario the outbreak is before school starts, there would only be about 50 students and staff on campus, the rest being on comute to or wandering downtown.
i would then gather friends/aquaintances and get to the train depot. the depot is a fenced off, old metal building where the trains where repaired, and has no people there at any time, save for the maintnance crews. after securing the doors on the main facility, the commuter trains inside of the building with us have a large supply of water stored on board, and a good number of axes, hammers and crowbars. there would not be food, but that can be easily obtained from stores in the sparsly populated area of the train depot. if all else fails, we could follow the train tracks south to a number of low population towns and villages, and also a large military base where relief would no doubt be found.
there also are a number of gun stores dotting the area, which would be useful, assuming noone knew what was happening and there are still adiquate numbers of fire arms.
splint.chesthair on 06 Jan 2008 at 10:09 am #
“I think you need to work out that plan Splint”
Well yeah, I’d have to work out the details. But it would still be good to have a place set-up beforehand for everyone to go to if they can’t get home, or if home has been compromised.
Even if someone can’t stay there long, or can’t get there for a few days, or stops there on the way home. You could leave notes for people or periodically check back there for people.
You might not meet up there for a while or not at all, but at least everyone would know that if people CAN travel, they’d be trying to get there or home. So you’d only have 2 places to check for loved ones. If someone can’t leave work or school when the infection takes hold, it wouldn’t matter what your plans where. If they can’t travel they aren’t going to make it home or to the meet-up place, and you aren’t going to be able to meet-up with them.
My point is that it’s better to have a meet-up checkpoint somewhere between family members during the day and home. Because everyone will probably try to get home and if they can’t make it home, then they have a secondary point to try and get to. If they didn’t have that secondary point already planned, then the locations you need to search for them go from, work/school, home, meet-up point, to work/school, home, EVERYWHERE.
dragonlady474 on 06 Jan 2008 at 3:21 pm #
I wrote a whole book about just this scenario…in fact…I’m on book 2.
http://thezombiechronicles.wordpress.com
Tonikaku on 06 Jan 2008 at 8:53 pm #
Good call splint. Just be sure to let me into your survival party when I end up abandoned somewhere!
Trenton on 09 Jan 2008 at 6:31 pm #
i work in a small community sheetrock plant, 30 miles from where i live. So all the main entrances to the building are large garage door type scenarios. If the outbreak was fast and bad, i would coordinate with the forklifters to seal off the North wear house with sheetrock stacks, and seal off most of the south wearhouse, leaving the offices and break room nearby, but the cars would be easily accesible just on the other side of the wall, as for food i dont have a clue in hell
jake on 13 Jan 2008 at 1:03 pm #
i’m a cook at a local college,but that has nothing to do with what i would do if there ever
were a zombie outbreak.i would first GO HOME,then i would call all my loved ones & tell
them to come to my place where it is safe.its safe cuz i have a vast collection of weapons
and an emergency bag in my bed room.then,once everyone got there safely i would take out the
out the stair case.then after about 2-3 weeks of hiding,we would go to the local elimentary
school cause,coincedentally,its built like a prison.then,after securing ourselvesin the
school we could live off the supplies for a few months.if by then help dosent come,there
is a small air field bout 10-15 minutes away,driving…note to self befriend a pilot
Amanda on 14 Jan 2008 at 6:29 pm #
I work for a roofing business, run out of a house about ten miles outside of the nearest city (with a total population of roughly 7,000 people.) My plan would depend on how much notice I had before the zombies showed up.
The top floor of the house is very insecure, with a sliding glass door, but it’s relatively easily closed off to provide a few extra moments to get out. The one good thing about the house is that the basement is connected to the garage, so if that door can be secured, there are a ton of options for weapons, and stockpiled food if necessary.
But more likely than not, I would attempt to get to the garage and warehouse across the street, stock up on weaponry and get out of there. The place is out in the middle of nowhere and as long as the weather isn’t too bad, getting out of there would just involve being able to survive long enough to get to my car.
The most important thing to me would be to take one of the work trailers, stock them up with food (they’re already pretty good for weaponry, with the tools), and steal one of the trucks, though. The trucks are virtual tanks, and in a pinch, the trailers would make decent shelter if forced to hide in the woods for any amount of time.
NewFunction on 19 Jan 2008 at 10:38 am #
I work in an Industrial setting, repairing/balancing electric motors. There are several entry points (all but one being easily fortified), with a, for the most part, open layout. Our building is separated into two bays (the easy entrance point being near my bay(, with a large meal door separating them. I would grab my sledge and an iron pipe(they are everywhere, and make my way to the other bay(only a few seconds). once in the other bay i would lock the doors and cut power(thus sealing the metal door). I would instantly kill anyone who doesn’t answer to their name, and would let no one in. there is no food, and no water in that bay, but it would work until i devise an escape plan. I have no worries about family, being young, single, and abandoned by parents at an early age. anyone who tries to let people in, or help those who may be infected, i would kill.
jediwannabe1 on 22 Jan 2008 at 1:59 pm #
I’d be at school, So, I’d find my brother, gather any friends who i really care about were still alive, jack a car and drive to my older brothers place. He has an M-4, so even though it’s in a populated are, it’d be all right if we were still in the early stages of outbreak. This would be the meet up place for friends and family, or we’d know that everyone else was safe at my parents place which is in the middle of nowhere. From there we would take several cars on back roads to a trading post which is about 20 miles away, but there are enough weapons there to make it worth it. After gathering as many weapons (which there are a lot of), clothes, camping supplies and food as we could fit in all of our cars, we would travel about 30 miles on back roads to my parents house. At my parents house there are a few more guns (which if all went well at the trading post won’t be useful anymore) and if its during the summer months there is a 400+ tree peach orchard for us to snack from.
whipple on 23 Jan 2008 at 12:02 am #
ok i would be at school with about 550 other people. i would grab my closest friends who couldnt drive and pile as many friends that could physically fit in my car.
call my dad up and tell him to come home. have my friends grab any weapons from there home and have there parents meet at my house. once my dad got home i would stock pile his truck with the 20+ guns in my house and other weapons we have.
we then drive to home depot,walmart,and target. if we had seen a zombie or had proof and not everyone knew about it i would go into walmart and start a hold up and place all the cars we had near the entrance of all the doors and throw all the non perishables and any weapons in our car and then make any person who knew about the situation come with us and told them to grab their car and fill it with as much stuff as you could.. cloths,food,weapons,healthcare items, and just about anything.
then run to as many stores as possible and do the same thing until well enough stocked then drive our cars into home depot and park them along the area.
then have everyone get to work on the building making it secure but escapable. set up jobs for people and set a safe atmosphere.i know it would take a bit but it would work. i would use cars for power and moving things,forklifts in the building help barricade, welding tools and large sheets of metal and wood, many many many(did i say many) weapons. and if we need gas or anything there is 2 gas stations near within 100 meters.
im pretty sure i would live if i could get cooperation which would be the hardest thing.
jediwannabe1 on 24 Jan 2008 at 12:56 pm #
Whipple, you have a good plan except for one thing, going to too many stores. If other people know about the zombie attack, you might not even be able to get into a store (not to mention leave you car in a parking lot without it getting stolen or wrecked…) to get supplies. If you do get lucky and manage to get into a store, STAY THERE! don’t try to move around.
But if people don’t know about the zombies and you just happened to see one of the first, then you would need a lot of money to get the supplies you need, unless you plan on starving to death by going to jail for robbery while zombies crowd around your jail cell…
So, main lesson… Stay in one place unless you are forced to leave.
ThaddeusP on 04 Feb 2008 at 7:03 pm #
I used to think about this all the time when i bagged groceries. I think that, while the location itself might not be ideal for weapons and fuel, it would be a critical place to maintain as survivors are going to get desperate and come there for the food when they run out. So, I would run to the produce department first and grab the two machetes they use for cutting watermelons and such. Then, I would convince the store manager that we needed to lock down (probably the hard part). Then its to the wine aisle to set up a Molotov assembly line (wine out, charcoal lighter fluid in). Meanwhile, Start moving bags of salt or charcoal or woodchips or dirt or whatever large heavy bags we have (depending on the season) to the front of the store. Cover that big long display window in front with the bags and also brace them with carts or shelves from the lanes. in and around all the entrances, dump vegetable oil or other slick oily liquids and station some bad mothers to take out the zombies that make it through. Ok, that should hold them for a little while, now its to the roof with the Molotovs while others build weapons and armor from what they cant find in the store/ what they can recover from nearby stores before the attack actually hits. On the roof, get a few hoses connected up and i guess a sniper rifle would be nice too. Once the attack begins, focus on maintaining the front lines and let the zombies accumulate a little. then its Molotov time. let those babies do the hard work while you keep the store from burning to the ground with the hoses. Eventually, we would be able to barricade all the entrances with the bodies of the burned and redead zombies. As survivors arrived, I would allow them to take food in exchange for service fortifying the store or weapons and ammo etc. Eventually, It would be a fortress provided everyone was vigilant. In the event of a bite within the ranks, the infected would be given an effective weapon that we could spare and left outside to take out as many as they could before turning or getting eaten. Unfortunately, i have no contingency plan for dissent or mutiny….I should probably work on that.
rachelm on 08 Feb 2008 at 1:51 pm #
I work in the animal care facility at a university. It is on the third floor of the pharmacy building. The area where I work requires a code to enter, the doors are quite sturdy. We have some food and if that ran out the animals could be used. All of the doors inside the lab have locks on them so if someone in our party were to get infected we could put them in seclusion easily. Roof access is the door right next to ours so we’d have to go outside the facility briefly to get up there but since it’s on the third floor there should be too much risk. If we needed medication we’d have to go to the first and second floor which is far better than having to venture to the drug store. My workplace would definitely be the most ideal location in a zombie attack that I have access to. It would be much better on a weekend because they lock up the building really well & you can only get in with a key which I have.
Ashleigh on 11 Feb 2008 at 7:56 pm #
I would be in high school with about 800 + people. My highschool is very open and not secure at all. So I would grab my friends and haul ass out of there. On the way, I would call my aunt and tell her to get home right away. (I live on a large farm with my aunt and uncle).
Next, I would call my cousin and tell her to get her kids and her husband and meet me at my aunt and uncles house. Next, I’d call my uncle and tell him to gather up all of his workers and get back to his house as quick as possible, and when he gets there, start loading guns and preparing defences.
My uncle has a large gun collection with 30 + guns. Including hunting rifles, shotguns, pistols and assualt rifles. We wouldnt have to worry about food because my aunt has her basement set up as an apocalypse shelter.
No kidding, she says, when the apocalypse comes, God will take her to heaven and leave us sinners on earth, so she prepared a safety room with food, water, and medical supplies.
Next, I would take anybody willling to come with me out of the house and to the barn where we could get gasoline, tools, and anything that might be useful.
Back at the house, we would secure all the doors and windows and barricade them (but also leave an area for escape) Next, we would come up with a plan if we had to bug out. Then, we would do our best to fend off the zombies. Unfortuantely, I wouldnt know what to do if anyone was bitten.
James on 12 Feb 2008 at 1:11 pm #
I work in an office, but it’s not a traditional office setup. There’s only two other rooms besides the main room where most of the employees work–one is the main office for the boss and less than a handful of administrative personnel, and the other houses the computer servers. I work for a publishing company, and our office is on the second floor of a two story building. Getting in and out, even with out a zombie outbreak, is pretty hazardous, as our only entrance is on the ground floor of the building and leads to a steep staircase. The only other exit is a rickety, old fire escape with a drop-down ladder. Only one wall of the office has windows.
Since we’re a publishing company, there are no real weapons at hand, unless you count simple objects like computer towers, potted plants, chairs, coffee mugs, etc. to use as bludgeoning weapons.
Since this is California, many of the people who work here do own guns, but, obviously, they don’t bring them to work.
On the plus side, there are only a few employees here, about 20, and many of them come and go as they please. Other than the lack of supplies and weapons, this wouldn’t be a bad place to hold off zombies if there were knowledge of an outbreak before coming to work as the steep, narrow staircase allows for a good kill zone; however, if an outbreak were to occur while I was at work, I’d feel pretty trapped.
Should I quit my job?
Scarface on 12 Feb 2008 at 3:52 pm #
I would be at school likely and that is not to bad as I can drive and my school is right by the highway and interstate. My first course of action would be to sprint madly to my car and take anyone not harmed with me and then would contact my various friends that are zombie alert and each of us would collect goods from our respected loot zones (hospital, gun store, wholesale, hardware store, etc) After that we would recollect in my school which although It has many entrances also has lots of materials to use in defense of the building. We have a few roof access and are located close to a gas station so we would be able to send out raiding parties to collect more supplies. With any luck we could survive quite well and maintain contact with outsiders until we simply outlast the decomposition of most of the zombies making most of them sitting ducks. So ironically the place to hole up would be where I do not want to go
Skwerley on 13 Feb 2008 at 3:32 pm #
Actually i have. at one of the 2 jobs i currently hold, i wash semi-trucks by the highway. This location actually provides fantastic vantage as its on a hill, and the countless amounts of semi-trucks that are nightly parked in the lot just to the east would mean an increased amount of supplies, and possibly armed escape should the need arise. theres a huge open field to the west, containing a private airfield. even better for escape, assuming the pilots and crew arent complete finkinsh tools. and as i live in huntsville texas (ugh) you might know it as “prison city, USA,”
i have often considered the possibility of a prison for a BOA. they are made so that none can enter or leave without permission. foot thick solid steel doors, 2 per entrance mind you. 3 rows of fences that are each approx. 30ft in height, with an outward sloping top and almost a 100 miles of razor wire coiled around. and the inmates would be dead, but not due to infection of the zombie horde. due to starvation. and the remaning ones, i would let them escape or let them join my side. not with gun. call me stupid but i wouldnt have the heart to leave them locked up while i ran about their facility eating and sleeping and surviving, while they could do nothing but look on in admiration.
i suppose its better than being doomed to scuttle about moaning inexplicably munching on former neighbors and employers.
Jordan on 13 Feb 2008 at 6:59 pm #
I’m a mechanic and my shop packs more heat than my gun locker at home. Working with a bunch of country boys has its advantages and they like to keep a few things at the shop (I’ve even heard tale of a ‘Berret’ floating around the place, but I doubt it. I keep a Remington 20 gauge and a Marlin .22 in my jeep almost all the time ,with enough ammo to have the cops worried, (never know if you might find a good trophy around there)
Aside from all the regular tools and supplies you’d expect at a shop its set up for auto maintenance (large and small vehicles) and custom fabrication. Complete with milling tools and basic stock. Why? Its for all the dairies in the area and when shit happens they come to us.
On top of that the hurricanes we get down here in Florida have built up its defenses over time. Twin diesel generators and a small propane automatic generator keep it up and running 24-7, and a stock of MREs for about 50 people for 6 months are a standard supply requirement by my employers. Big horizontal track doors on the front and back have taken hurricane winds, ramming from tractors and buggies, and repeated attempts at break ins. Roof access is difficult but doable.
So, I guess if I’m at work I might be better off there than at home.
Shakezoola on 14 Feb 2008 at 4:57 pm #
I work in a data center. Not very many people around, and pretty secure. In the event of an attack, I would try to make it home where I have multiple firearms, with tons (not literally) of ammo. Once there, I would pack up everything I need for survival, and then proceed to hunt down everyone I disliked (zombie or not) such as former friends, co-workers, douche-bags and anyone else that needs killin’ . If they are not a zombie, who’s to say that they wouldn’t become one later. After that, I suppose I’d just start killin’ zombies until they get me. If that doesn’t happen, once their all gone, I’m going to start populating the planet again. After all, I’ll be one fo the few males left on the planet, so I’ll have a lot of work to do.
trancecore on 23 Feb 2008 at 7:15 am #
Unemployed atm, so my “workplace” is non-existent, unless you count me doing stuff at home as a job. Then, I’m not really sure I’d worry much. 2nd floor apt w/patio gives me several exit options, and the zeds only 1 option for getting in [the front door]. All I’d have to do is lock & block the door, grab any essentials I can carry while still moving light, and just hold my position. If food got low, I’m able enough to make the 2nd story jump plus a run to the supermarket. Just gotta take a backpack with me to put the groceries in and maybe a duffel bag as well. I have numerous things I could carry with me as a blunt weapon [no firearms], and I’ve had enough practice climbing on things that climbing right back up to my patio [or to the roof in a more secure spot, then down to my apt if there are too many of them in that particular area].
However, if my apt were to become compromised, I could easily make my way to a gun shop, then to one of the very large buildings located all around the city. I know people are gonna be all, “Wait. Why not do that instead of your current plan?” Easy. Because I’m just fine where I’m at. Besides, I like challenges. It’s more fun and/or interesting that way. And if I get infected on one of my little grocery runs? I must’ve made a very foolish mistake in letting them get close enough to infect me, and so I must have deserved it.
sean on 10 Mar 2008 at 11:12 pm #
i work in a large grocery store with only on large window and one door in and one door out.the building is made of brick and once every six hours a man from the bank company comes in and takes away the money.he is armed with a 38.special and they have shotguns in the armoured cars.if i called a cashier code 20 over the intercom we are instructed to evacute[or chase]out all the coustomers
and the main windows and doors get locked down by a manually operated steel rool down shutter that is an inch thick and behind that there are four rows of shopping carts 100 carets to a row.we have a sealed meat vault which can be opened or closed from the inside which would be great to hide in.each employee gets issued a knife for “box cutting”the blade is four inches long and perfectly balenced for throwing[believe me i've done it]there is another entrance/exit in the back right next to the loading bay for new shipment trucks.there is a baseball bat in the breakroom….god my workplace is a fortress
we also have hardware things like tools.dirt.seeds.tarps for catching rain and it’s in british columbia so we’d get enough rain.oh and i forgot about the meat section they have a bunch of cleavers
and the fruit department has a chainsaw type thing for slicing twelve watermelons at a time.we have our own generator and enough gas to last for a year with minimum usage.as well as solar pannels and three mini windmills on the roof…….fuck me if zombies rise i am so going to work……
i work for thrifty foods
“smiles everyday”
Dr. Detroit on 16 Mar 2008 at 7:11 pm #
I work in a kitchen, so i’d grab the pizza cutter (aka the pizza sword as i call it) and the meat hammer and get ready to get the f**k outta Dodge. I could escape off the roof and over the side of the building OR go through unused, unlight, and probably unsafe (or bum filled :P ) bootlegger tunnels that are locked up in the basement. Always wanted to break into those and see whats up anyways :) There is of course a door to the back alley right in the kitchen but i figure an alleyway in a downtown area is not the best place to confront zombies.
I have no clue how i would get home. I drive 20 minutes, so thats about 10-12 miles through zombie territory with only a meat tenderizer from hell and a big ass single edge knife.
This is all assuming zombies didnt bust right into the kitchen and devour everyone right away anyhow. And lets not mention the unlocked front doors for customers and the WALL OF WINDOWS.
Fullcircle on 15 Oct 2008 at 9:45 pm #
I have to say, I’d be pretty much screwed. “work” for me is school.
My high school has about 2200 kids (yes, I did type that correctly).
However, before school my I tend to hang out in the commons/entrance area wih my girlfriend and a couple of our friends. If the zombies were inside and ripping people to pieces, mass hysteria would probably occur. My master plan would be to grab my girlfriend by the arm and start a mad sprint to the fine arts wing, because there are three doors there that I hope less people will think of, while the two main entrances will probably be clogged with hundreds of kids. Once outside, depending on how many zombies there were, it would either be a) Get back inside and hide somewhere, if there are too many to escape on foot or by car.
b) Attempt to hitch a ride out of there with someone we know (preferred option) or c) If there don’t seem to be many around, hoof it to her house. (Her Dad is a hunter, and she lives in a rural-ish area within a few miles of the school).
Of course, this plan would probably fall through immediately due to other people coming with us (neither one of us would really want to leave our friends) and the number of zombies outside, or, possibly (*shudder*) the school locking down.
If we were to get stuck inside, the first throught would be to barricade ourselves into a first floor classroom and get out through the window if they started to break in.
Fullcircle on 15 Oct 2008 at 10:07 pm #
How I would go about barricading it, I don’t know. Maybe use the old “jam a chair under the doorhandle” bit.
Blood-Stallion on 01 Nov 2008 at 3:06 pm #
Same For me, my “work” is school. unfortunately for me… i live in a very hilly city, in the middle of a desert, on the Colorado river. nowhere to go and running wears you out fast because a) the heat, b) the slopes, and c) the distance.
My school is several different buildings, so an outside school. its not difficult to get onto the roof, there is only one 2 story building. Im guessing about 1700 students.
My plan would depend on the time of day this zombie massacre happened and who I was with. first of all i would find a weapon, schools often have items that can be surprisingly effective such as desks or books, etc. Next is to look around and guesstimate the number of zombies and take into account where I am and who is with me.
I would try to get to the theater building, its the easiest to climb.
If i couldnt get there, i would get to the history building, the ony 2 story building. It has the Sturdiest doors. barricading the stairs should stop them from getting up.
If neither of these is reachable, leave campus. Even though it will be hard because of the heat/slope/distance mentioned above, added with the threat of said infection, i would attempt to reach my house. not a huge arsenal and few supplies as of yet, but better than school.
In any case, once i got to a point where i was sure i would be relatively safe for a little bit, i would call freinds that i know have guns, transportation, etc. and plan a get together and a way out.
i havent ever planned this before… i know shame on me, but i dont have resources.
sofa+pizza=happy on 01 Nov 2008 at 6:00 pm #
I don’t work, im 13. But i would nick a load of deodrant out of any bags left over from people legging it , set fire to arandom deparment, uh hu maths! Spread it with books, uh hu maths books. Go into the toilets, flood them, so i don’t get burned to death. And probably have a poo.
Ronin666 on 02 Jul 2009 at 7:08 am #
I work in a tool store, no shortage of weapons here. the 3 entrances consist of 2 steel roller doors and a steel gated staff door, I’m safe untill I decide to head for home, my motorbike is 5 feet from the door.
Semper Cogitant on 08 Oct 2009 at 6:22 pm #
At work would suck. My primary work is on a critical care ambulance, and our station is on the second floor for a building in a pretty large complex. The place is defensible, having a sturdy door that is up a flight and a half of stairs, with a small balcony on the back. We’d have food for the two people there for a few days, but we’d both be unarmed, and there is little in the way of good improvised weapons.
I think I’d load as much food and supplies from the ambulance as possible in my truck, take my partner and try to escape. I’d head up into the mountains avoiding the main highways, trying to contact and make arrangements to meet our families if would could, then try to head north away from dense population and eventually east, but with only a limited number of passes though the mountains east of here that might be impossible.