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Saved by the disaster-proof cubicle

HAYLEY MICK

From Monday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 11:36 PM EST 25/01/08

The 'anti-terrorist' cubicle, from Calgary manufacturer Gunnar Office Furnishings, promises to protect staff in war zones ...Read the full article

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  1. Robert Cameron from Calgary, Canada writes: It needs to be said - despite this technology, no cubicle will prevent "disasters" coming FROM the cubicle - at least at some companies!
  2. Brendon E from Canada writes: This is laughable. Clearly the Department of Homeland Security is out of ideas and this Calgary company is cashing in on the culture of fear perpetuated by said department.
  3. Brendon E from Canada writes: How about we get these guys to build armoured vehicles that don't kill their occupants when they roll over. Heck, why not just put wheels on the bottom of these desks.
  4. D D from Ottawa, Canada writes: Can anyone say "George Costanza"?
  5. Yvonne Wackernagel from Woodville, Canada writes: Well, I think this another great Canadian idea. I wish some of the posters before me could come up with something that smart before knocking it down.
  6. Mike Charters from Calgary, Canada writes: Ok the desk survives, what about the "rubber dummies"? What happened to them?

    Only if the people survive is the idea worthwhile.
  7. Brendon E from Canada writes: Yvonne Wackernagel...

    It's a heavy duty desk. The diagram that comes with it just emphasizes how stupid an idea it really is. Do you remember the "duck and cover" PSAs about surviving a nuclear explosion? How would hiding under a $15,000 desk have saved the 9/11 victems? It wouldn't.

    But again, I point out. The US dept of homeland security can pay for development of a desk with rounded corners (to avoid blunt trauma), but can't provide their military in Iraq with sufficient body armour or vehicles that wont kill their soldiers when they roll over. I mean... c'mon!
  8. GlynnMhor of Skywall from Canada writes: Brendon E from Canada writes: "Do you remember the 'duck and cover' PSAs about surviving a nuclear explosion?"

    Don't laugh so hard.

    At Hiroshima and Nagasaki there were survivor stories as close as a few hundred metres from ground zero along the lines of "I saw a bright light, so I was afraid and hid under my desk."

    In contrast there are no survivor stories even out to 10 Km saying "I saw a bright light, so I was curious and looked out the window."
  9. A skeptical MD from Canada writes: Wasn't Hitler saved by one of these desks when vonStauffenberg's bomb blew up at his staff briefing in July 1944?
  10. John Doucette from Manotick, Canada writes: Is it April 1st already?
  11. John Doucette from Manotick, Canada writes: This idea can't be from Calgary, only the mentality found in an American city such as Toronto could come up with this one.
  12. Emma Hawthorne from Canada writes: Some US military types will surely want one of these.
  13. Emma Hawthorne from Canada writes: How did the dummies fare? How much are the desks?
  14. Cameron Reid from Toronto, Canada writes: Let me guess, these desks also need to be assembled with a $15,000 screwdriver that the company will also happily sell to the DoD.
  15. Kevin Wells from United States writes:
    Clearly, these Canadians are no better than snake-oil salesmen; I have never seen such scum; trying to sell this crap and make money off someone else's well-placed concern for the safety of themselves and their loved-ones.

    This is really disgusting behavior. What kind of morals are you people cultivating up there? Anything for a buck - even people's lives can be profited from?

    Sincerely,

    A Morally-Outraged American. (not to mention a little Self-Righteous and Smug to boot)

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