CombatWombat comments on Countries wherein it is normal to find key-required locks from the inside

submitted 3 months ago by JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

I could jump from the window and survive but this is not going to go well in a fire.

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[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 32 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If you have a shirtwaist you can fold it into a triangle and try to glide to safety as you escape the factory.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child)

We don’t make shirtwaists any more, so locking workers in factories is now perfectly safe! (And they say we don’t learn from history.)

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[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

If they can't ever go home, they'll have no choice but to keep working! Just think of the profits... ONLY think of the profits

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