Mystery #142 – Emergency Shower

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Mystery #142 – Emergency Shower

The other day, walking back from Spanish with my friend Amanda, we cut through the parking lot and she pointed something out to me. I knew right away that this was, without a doubt, going to be the stupidest thing I would see all day. Tell me what you think of this...

Yeah, it's an emergency shower/eyewash station... in the parking lot. The wall it's up against goes around an area where some garbage and/or heavy equipment is stored. You'd think that would be enough explanation, but I still wonder... First off, if dangerous chemical spills to the body and/or face are such a threat to warrant an emergency shower, why not put it inside the walled-in area? And even if that proved to have a reasonable justification, why on top of that would you decide to put it on the OPPOSITE side from the gate? Anyone inside the wall needing a quick rinse would have to somehow leave and run around to the back to find the shower, all while potentially blinded.

As is my way, I've opted to just make something up that's more interesting. Of the several possible answers we were able to come up with, I myself stand in favor of the "in case of acid rain" theory. How often have the students and staff at ASU been caught looking skyward during a freak acid rain storm? How many have lost eyes to what must be an all too common occurrence? Well fear no longer, friends, thanks to the brave men and women at the ASU campus planning office. In fact, I suggest we put emergency showers EVERYWHERE! Just imagine…

"Oh no, I have an eyelash in my eye…"
**EMERGENCY SHOWER!!!**
"I spilled marinara sauce on my favorite shirt, and it's our first date too…"
**EMERGENCY SHOWER!!!**
"It's been days since I've been shipwrecked on this desert island, and boy am I thirsty."
**EMERGENCY SHOWER!!!**