One funny thing happened one day when I used the fire pole to come down stairs. My office was right next to it and the elevator and stairs wer on the other side of the building so the pole was more convenient. AT the bottom, there was a glass wall and when I slid down a kid saw a policemen sliding down the pole instead of a firemen. He was really upset at first until I told him that the firemen were good guys and let me use the fire pole.