# The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Diabetes Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Type 1 & LADA\ **Created:** [October 16, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-worst-case-scenario-survival-handbook-diabetes-edition/5232 "2018-10-16T14:14:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jag1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jag1](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jag1)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-worst-case-scenario-survival-handbook-diabetes-edition/5232/62 "2018-10-22T18:08:52Z")
> [@T1Allison](#): > > I think about this because I work in a building that is heavily fobbed, and the fobs misbehave often. One coworker got stuck in the women’s restroom due to a fob malfunction…without her cell phone…on a Friday evening…and she was lucky that there happened to be one person left on the floor who heard her pounding on the bathroom door and managed to override the fob to let her out for the WEEKEND. I have been locked out of my office hallway (i.e. trapped in the lobby) while the door fobs were malfunctioning. Wow, really? What kind of a building needs to secure a bathroom door (or other rooms) from exiting? That sounds like a serious fire hazard, and I would have guessed it violated any building code. (Locked outside your office in the lobby I can understand, no fire hazard there, assuming you can exit the building without a fob). ---
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-worst-case-scenario-survival-handbook-diabetes-edition/5232/63 "2018-10-22T18:21:16Z")
There are several security features that seem counter-productive in the building, for sure. Some of them are from the original building design…some of them are from upper management decision-making at a later date. But it is amazing how badly things go (somewhat frequently) when they malfunction. And our building guy tends to forget to notify people when the elevator is out of service…so there’s that. That’s how my coworker got stuck in the elevator between floors…because no one told her it was malfunctioning! She was stuck in the elevator far enough between floors that our building’s elevator door tool thing wasn’t long enough to manually open the doors. The building guy had to search other unoccupied buildings in our office park for a different manual elevator door tool thing…and we were lucky he was even there that day and happened to have the old keys to those buildings that we don’t own! ---
**Author:** ![jag1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jag1](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jag1)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-worst-case-scenario-survival-handbook-diabetes-edition/5232/64 "2018-10-22T22:30:12Z")
A faulty elevator is OK, as long as it is being fixed and as long as any required safety equipment (like an alarm or intercom) is working. If not, that would be a building code violation. I hope your building has been inspected by fire inspectors? I’m pretty sure all business elevators need periodic inspection too. Regardless a bathroom that locks you in and won’t let you out without an electronic key is surely a building code violation. Building codes vary by state, but if there are actual building code violations, then your company is putting its employees and themselves at serious risk for fines, injuries, lawsuits, … You might want to raise it with your building guy to make sure they are on top of it. (Sorry for the distraction - my dad is an architect who has various phobias so I’m used to him looking very critically at fire exits and the like any time he enters a new building). ---
**Author:** ![Jane17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jane17](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jane17)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-worst-case-scenario-survival-handbook-diabetes-edition/5232/65 "2018-10-30T02:04:44Z")
Ok first what’s a fob? You know, I try to have my phone and glucose tabs at all times. I did not always do this but have learned tha hard way. That being said, of course I slip up. Mostly not having a sugar source. Can’t imagine being stuck in a ladies room for a weekend. Would not fare well. But mostly I don’t worry so much. ---
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-worst-case-scenario-survival-handbook-diabetes-edition/5232/66 "2018-10-30T13:00:42Z")
> [@Jane17](#): > > Ok first what’s a fob? It’s a keyless door swipey thingy. I hold it up to the door sensor and the door unlocks. ---
**Author:** ![Jane17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jane17](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jane17)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-worst-case-scenario-survival-handbook-diabetes-edition/5232/67 "2018-10-30T14:01:24Z")
Ohh 😮 thank you. Of course. A key fob duh ---
**Author:** ![Narshina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/narshina/32/6829_2.png) [@Narshina](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Narshina)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-worst-case-scenario-survival-handbook-diabetes-edition/5232/68 "2019-05-12T15:13:46Z")
Eric love the idea! I thought insulin could only last 30 days once opened? I would seriously buy a couple of those from you if you made them for me! 😀 [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-worst-case-scenario-survival-handbook-diabetes-edition/5232.md?page=3)