DijiStudios
Member
I'm not sure if this fits in here, but it's a bit of a rant about my evening tonight.
I go into a local club to speak with the owner. While waiting for him, I walk around and notice several things wrong with the club. Lighting fixtures such as strobes, PAR64 cans, and even a few moving lights Zip Tied to the ceiling in various ways. I see speakers hanging with unrated chain and link clips. I also see numerous junction boxes wide open, no covers, and bare electrical wire hanging out of them (The wire was even stripped!).
I notify the manager on duty of these things since the club was opening in less than an hour and that (At minimum) the fixtures should be immediately safety cabled, and the junction boxes taken care of.
The manager didn't care.
I go ahead and contact the fire departments non-emergency line when I leave, and request that a fire marshal comes out and inspects the location.
The next thing I know, I'm about to be thrown in the back of a police car because the club claimed I was trying to get them shut down because they wouldn't give me a job.
I've hated that club for years, in fact it's disgusting in there. I was not looking for a job, I was looking for rental information.
The fire marshal did NOT inspect the location and allowed it to be opened.
My question here -- Did I do the right thing?
Honestly, I'm infuriated that I would even be threatened by the police for bringing up potentially deadly conditions. Especially since the fire marshall didn't bother going in due to the allegations that were supposedly made by myself.
I'm curious as to what your opinions are here.
- Matt
I go into a local club to speak with the owner. While waiting for him, I walk around and notice several things wrong with the club. Lighting fixtures such as strobes, PAR64 cans, and even a few moving lights Zip Tied to the ceiling in various ways. I see speakers hanging with unrated chain and link clips. I also see numerous junction boxes wide open, no covers, and bare electrical wire hanging out of them (The wire was even stripped!).
I notify the manager on duty of these things since the club was opening in less than an hour and that (At minimum) the fixtures should be immediately safety cabled, and the junction boxes taken care of.
The manager didn't care.
I go ahead and contact the fire departments non-emergency line when I leave, and request that a fire marshal comes out and inspects the location.
The next thing I know, I'm about to be thrown in the back of a police car because the club claimed I was trying to get them shut down because they wouldn't give me a job.
I've hated that club for years, in fact it's disgusting in there. I was not looking for a job, I was looking for rental information.
The fire marshal did NOT inspect the location and allowed it to be opened.
My question here -- Did I do the right thing?
Honestly, I'm infuriated that I would even be threatened by the police for bringing up potentially deadly conditions. Especially since the fire marshall didn't bother going in due to the allegations that were supposedly made by myself.
I'm curious as to what your opinions are here.
- Matt