Ferrari Mailing List: Ferrari factory tour - how fast they leave the building

[Doug & Terri (dnt]

Michael notes "It looked like a fire drill, except it was not."  Regarding
'quitten time' at Ferrari factory.

Ah ah ah - actually at an insurance company I worked for in the late 60's I
noticed a phenomenon when I visited their head office in Des Moines.  In
those days insurance companies had huge floors and a sea of desks and faces,
like a parachute packing plant.  Close to 'quitten time' as the second hand
approached 4:59.55 the whole floor's sea of faces started moving towards the
coat racks.  By one and a half minutes after 5:00 - all you could see were
swinging coat hangers.  I was told the Des Moines fire dept. used those
stats for the records to verify how fast the building could be evacuated.
Ah ah ah yet again.

DOUG