I know that the recent shootings at schools has caught the attention of everybody. We know that most, if not all, of the Oklahoma City Public Schools have metal detectors, which are suppose to give students and parents piece of mind.

My question is, how safe are you at work? Do you remember many years ago when they had the shooting at the Edmond Post Office? A disgruntled former employee, who had just been fired, went in and started shooting. Many innocent people were killed that day, because of his retaliation.

Where I work, it's like a revolving door of employees. If you haven't obtained your proper licenses before your 6 month probation is over with, then you get the boot. I have seen many employees leave very angry, and make threats towards management.

In my office, there is really only one way in and one way out. There is no back door, and our windows do not open. To make it even worse, if we did break a window to escape, the space would be too small for anyone to crawl through.

I am right by our entrance door, so I am constantly listening to all the noises around me. I am not paranoid, but when someone comes in to our building, I can hear them talking. The acoustics of our building are amazing. If there is a yelling match, or any type of commotion, I quietly shut our door (which we are suppose to leave open), and warn my co-workers of possible trouble.

If I ever hear something like firecrackers or something popping, I am to automatically shut and lock our door, and have everybody get under their desks. Not that doing that will save us, but that's our only option.

Does your place of employment have an escape plan if somebody was to come in and open fire? Would you be the first target? Would you have a place to hide?

If not, you may want to think about it.