I went to see Jeff Who Lives at Home with a friend the other night. She has been a W2 employee her whole life. I have spent much of my working career as a business owner. Spoiler ALERT. In one scene, a character talks about a desire to be kissed under a waterfall. A work colleague who has a crush on her sets off the sprinkler system and fire alarm, forcing an evacuation of the cubicle farm and enabling the potential lovers to kiss under the sprinkler. My employee friend teared up at the beautiful romance of the idea. I cringed in horror as I thought about all of the PCs and other equipment that were being destroyed as well as the lost productivity. I did weep, but it was for the shareholders.
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Have not seen the movie, but I always cringe when every sprinkler in the building goes off when the system is triggered. When in fact only the sprinkler heads affected by the heat from a flame would activate. Often this is only 1 or 2 heads.
Like with many things, the movies give a mistaken negative impression of a technology that is actually quite beneficial. Lifesaving in this case. The water and fire damage from a properly installed and maintained sprinkler system, is much much less that what will happen if there is not one.
She wants a waterfall, he gives her a sprinkler. Classy. Just think of the possibilities of a sequel. “I always wished I could ride in a Ferrari.” “OK, I’ll go steal that one over there.” …then in Act 2, after his probationary hearing… “I always wished someone would take me on an ocean cruise.” “Here, honey, I’ve signed us up to work as deckhands on this transatlantic container ship.” and so on…