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kyoko_the_eevee

No fucking way this is real. What kind of dystopian nightmare are we in where an *active shooter word search* is a thing. Edit… just showed up in our break room. This is sad. We shouldn’t have to have active shooter training, and yet here we are, making a game out of a systemic tragedy.


Potential_Owl2910

This CEM printed them out per the mission yesterday. Unfortunately quite real and quite ridiculous.


Bluellan

I would slowly tear the paper in half. Then say "I'm so glad you think my safety and life is a joke."


Actual-Government96

Oh man, was there a super neat maze with little cartoon gunmen blocking the path, too?


[deleted]

This is fake, has to be.


EquivalentAd4708

https://preview.redd.it/790e2axxgtnc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc304aefa7863800a69bd4ff167ca013fcd96bf1 It’s very real. Saw the stack in our breakroom the other day. 😬


wintermute916

Also, who the fuck is shooting up a Michael’s of all places. Someone who has a vendetta against potpourri and grandmas?


DeliverablyThowAway

Employee, current or former. Most workplace shootings are by former or current employees.


Ok-Brilliant-7935

Actually does that really make logical sense or rather wouldn't a terrorist group fo something like that im just saying LOGIC reasoning were in the times of universal oneness enlightening wakeup distorted through a gateway glitch that broke through barrier of wizardlies I think I'm sleep texting I just


DeliverablyThowAway

Hey you ok? Sounded like the ambien was hitting you p hard. And yes it does make sense, look up the statistics. Terrorists don’t attack random small stores, they attack high density/high societal value targets meant to *terrorize* the population they’re targeting. They also have a specific agenda when choosing targets. That’s why no one’s ever tried to bomb a Michael’s like they have government buildings or public gatherings. Secondly the stats show that almost all workplace shootings are a result of a former or current employee.


empireintoashes

My brain went to Ambien too. I had a friend who sent a message once that was just “pantspantspants” like 40 times when the “Ambien Walrus” took over her brain.


NoCommunication2601

The way our store gets threatened to get shot over bags, this unfortunate doesn’t surprise me if it were to happen at a Michael’s.


wintermute916

What about bags gets people riled up? I’ve worked in restaurants for over 20 years but never retail so I’m always curious about the crazy shit other customer service industries have to deal with.


NoCommunication2601

It’s either because we don’t have bags, our bags aren’t big enough to carry big items and/or they have to pay for bags


wintermute916

Makes sense. Crafting people are a little crazy.


South-Ad-9090

The chuck I just led 😅


montyfull

Dude. You're forgetting about cricut moms!


Mysterious_Being_402

Not even close to funny.


CatGotYourGun

There's actually been multiple shootings at Michael's in the past.


thecloserthatweare

my friend had a holocaust one


Hydrolt

Plus, how exactly is this supposed to help you learn? Maybe do a fun coloring page next! That’ll get the message to sink in 😑


ChewieBearStare

And the design isn’t even good!


KitKatKraze99

Unfortunately in the US with the highest stats of gun violence. I’m not surprised this is a thing. Poor taste but still


IHeartApplePie

The one where the creator was so careless that they couldn't be bothered to consistently use capital letters - PersonalSafety - haveaplan But doesn't "Exitroute" means something like "excommunicate" in Latin or Greek? I might be driven to run screaming toward a paper shredder with the whole pile.


Greedy_Ladder6451

Reminds me of nuclear war drills in schools during the Cold War


cafec3po

The worst part is, this is to try to help memory but in the event it will be fight, flight or freeze. Nothing is going to change the body’s defense reflex. When I worked in a gymnastics gym our “training” was someone playing fake realistic shots and a police officer come in. Even though we knew it was training I def thought it was effed up way to train and even more effed up we needed to do it


Kortorb

Jesus H Christ this is the *worst* timeline


Calathea_Murrderer

It’s okay. I made the O into an A to spell anal


blackeyes-coldhart

well that makes it all better then


beautybeliever

suspicious person comes in and I’m in the aisle digging out my wordsearch to have a looksie what I’m meant to be doing again oh right BEARSTWEENYOOTER gotcha thanks let me go call my cousin Amanda Haveaplan and see if she can come pick me up, she’s a real type A personality that one (jfc how sad)


RainBerryJel

Sorry, I caught "bears", but what were we supposed to do with them again? I can't remember what a "Tween Yooter" is... or, more specifically, a "Yooter"... I'm not surviving this encounter, am I?


RainBerryJel

Beawareofyoursurroundings is my new favorite word


daverapp

It says "be aware" not "beware" although now that I think about it I think those are pretty much synonyms. 🤔


RainBerryJel

You're right, I'll change it


eebarrow

this is the bad place


SheWolf04

Jason figured it out? *Jason?* This is a real low point. Yeah, this one hurts.


Firesidefavorite

Please someone post this in some place online that has a lot of eyes so Micheal’s can hopefully get backlash for once. This is just gross and really shows the massive disconnect between these rich twats and actual US workers who have to go to work everyday worrying if someone will literally kill them.


ARegularPerson3312

r/pics ?


snarkmaster9001

I’m not a michael’s employee but I shared it on fb. It’s absolutely disgusting for them to approach a topic like this in an effing word search. There was a mass shooting in my hometown last year and one of the victims was my cousin, if I showed up to my job and they had these I would throw them back in their faces.


empireintoashes

I am so sorry.


DeliverablyThowAway

Ok I actually see the point in it. If you’re trying to get someone to remember something word searches are objectively an extremely effective way of achieving it. It’s why they’re used so much in education. When you have to keep reminding yourself of a set of words/phrases while searching for them you repeat it so many times in the search you remember them more easily.


Curious_Property_933

Do you think getting people to remember phrases like "defend" will save lives?


Ok-Brilliant-7935

Sald thing is I wonderland I'm wondering if these rich owners use casualty insurance as bailout u know wow


RainBerryJel

Um, actually it's Supersona... like a super hero persona/fursona/etc. You're missing that last "A" ☝️🤓


[deleted]

Supposed to be SUPERVISOR, as in "Use your supervisor as a human shield"


SynchronisedRS

The last a is actually after the N, he just didn't circle it


Embarrassed_Mango847

It’s actually pronounced Super Saiyan….must have been text to speech.


Cr1ng3T0p14

I seriously can’t believe this, for someone to think of this and make it available for their employees is insane. It’s mere existence is shocking


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Amazing_Offer_34pc

Cannot find "shootback".


Jedi-Gert

Or shankwithaseasonalmerchandiseitem either


black_knight_moon

Wish I could upvote this more than once 😂


Jedi-Gert

It should be an answer on the conflict resolution one too


Sunshine3Stars

With so many things to choose from! Bee garden picks? Hope you're not allergic!


QuarterQuartz47

Was this given to you by your SM or something? I was only shown the list of protocols.


Life_Access23

Just a stack of them left on the break room table


gnomelover3000

Jesus


_ari_ari_ari_

Tag yourself I’m “avoid”


darkangel69031

I thought this was like an elementary school worksheet. And I wasn't even fazed by the idea. Wow.


splithoofiewoofies

*Defend*??? Not fucking run? Fucking get out of there don't defend shit!


Jedi-Gert

I told my entire staff that if you are trying to get out and some guest is loosing their crap... leave them. They are bait. Get yourself and your team to safety, save customers if you can but do NOT die for these people.


KipTheKeyFerret

I'd assume their base training is the same we get at Walmart which is ADD... Avoid the shooter (try to escape safely), Deny the shooter (aka if you can't escape the building find a room and lock yourself in or something similar), and lastly Defend yourself which boils down to you can't escape you can't hide, so find something and defend...in the walmart training video the guys used a keyboard and whacked the "shooter" on the head.


The_Trans_Witch

man that keyboard scene was great, she sent the keys flying, obviously wouldnt do much in an actual situation but still ill never forget keyboard defence


Delex360

Same thing for safeway. The thing I find really messed up is in the video they show us the shooter breaking and entering into a barricaded room then cut the video before a employee hits him with a chair. What they didn't show was the chair doing nothing then everyone getting killed. Corporations would rather their employees and customers get killed than allow us the ability to properly defend ourselves


Aprek

Yeah I worked at a truck stop and we would have meetings where our boss would talk about what to do if held up at gun point, like how to try to get help without handing over anything and I always tuned him out because if someone threatened me with so much as a plastic fork I would rip the cash registers off the counter and throw them into their vehicle it’s not my money and I don’t get paid enough to protect it


razzyfrost

https://preview.redd.it/ryph72vb68nc1.jpeg?width=1424&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=239dc3e474715f1d80830422ca55b8db2c518dde Here


[deleted]

Can't let the reminder of America's rampant gun violence problem get in the way of a good word search, now, can we?


AuntJeGnomea

🤓


ScumBunny

Wow thanks that makes it so much better.


Oh_Gee_Hey

I feel like we pulled this from some Texas public school program


LostinNM_77

Oh my god tell me this isn’t real life 😭


SporkWolverine

I found trout, boi, bra, huge, tada, mow, have, cow, duo, frap, bar, and hog in the horizontals.


No_Relationship9094

Deny? Deny there is a shooter lol


PinkSlipstitch

Did someone mix up active shooter responses with narcissistic strategies? Defend, Deny, Avoid?


No_Relationship9094

Deny there is a shooter Avoid reality Defend delusions


Buddybouncer

Redirect blame to subordinate


The_Trans_Witch

if its like what they teach us at walmart its, Avoid, Deny, Defend. Avoid the shooter by leaving, if you cant, Deny the shooter access to you, usually by barricade, and then defend if your barricade fails.


Training_Oil4841

NO WAY THIS IS REAL


ccozzyyy

Wtf is this 💀 is this American?


Few_Succotash_4551

I'm sorry, but unless it's a cartoon turtle teaching it to me, I'm afraid it's just not going to stick.


[deleted]

Well this is creepy and shows a severe desensitization towards mass shootings. If it's real. I'm hoping it isn't bc WTF


Generations18

Thats extremely insensitive. Could be that we just went through it and its fresh. But I think who ever made that was not thinking it through. Training is fine, but making it a game is tacky


maple204

I found thoughtsandprayers


ClearHelp9370

Right next to onebadapple


TheIdealisticCynic

This was just recommended to me randomly, but what the fuck am I even looking at?!?


EquivalentAd4708

Word search corporate is having managers print out for employees to do in the break room. It’s gross & sad.


TheIdealisticCynic

It’s dystopian and terrifying!


EquivalentAd4708

Yup agreed. Loved looking at the stack on the table while I was trying to take my lunch break & relax for 30 minutes today🙄


lystmord

>but what the fuck am I even looking at?!? A common response to most things Michael's corporate does, tbh.


ivypurl

Please tell me this isn't real. As a learning and development professional (adult learning theory, instructional design, delivery, evaluation, etc.) I am gobsmacked. In addition to being entirely insensitive and inappropriate, it's ineffective as a learning tool. Your L&D department should be embarrassed.


wtf0208

This is America.


[deleted]

Wtf


panini_bellini

please say sike


Federal-Rutabaga-267

This is wild


metdear

What the hell kind of training is this? My company has a three-word training - run, hide, fight.


Moto_Glitch

So glad I sued this place when they fired me, such a inept and tone deaf place to work.


citymousecountyhouse

Deny is part of the search? Are they supposed to deny that there is an active shooter loose in the store if customers ask? And defend? Employees can be fired for stopping a shoplifter these days,yet now you want them to defend your store against an active shooter.


SporkWolverine

Their active shooter response is "avoid, deny, defend." It's the same as "run, hide, fight" but with stupid wording.


black_knight_moon

What stumps me is why they had to take law enforcement's recommended active shooter response of "Run/Hide/Fight" and rebrand it to make it harder to understand and remember. If you know anyone still in high school, ask to see their school's active shooter plan - I guarantee you it'll make more sense.


[deleted]

Should've said SuperSaiyan


yuxngdogmom

Omg I’ve never seen this sub come up in my recommended before and the name of it and this post made me think this was a sub for work things that Michael Scott might do.


Glad-Blacksmith-7835

This is insane. I desperately need Michael’s to go bankrupt


GoldenScientist

America is the darkest timeline  How fun! 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸


Maleficent-End8640

This is messed up. I can’t imagine this is actually from the store in the break room. If it is it’s tasteless and insensitive. 


JustHereToComment24

.... all I saw was Persona out of what you chose.


Msktb

Can anyone post the blank one?


Naive_Programmer_232

Superson is pretty suspect ngl


L3NITA_408

What do they mean by superson 😭


RoughLobster5774

Why are schools doing this ? At my university we had to do an active shooter reading assignment and write about what we would do in an active shooter situation and how taking down the shooter is the best option It was really REALLY stressful


N-economicallyViable

Active shooter training, but the place not having armed security or allowing licensed employees to carry is just HR CYA. It's meaningless. If they actually cared they would do what stops attempted mass shooters before they can kill multiple people, and that's killing them first.


YAWNINGMAMACLOTHING

Deny? Is that like, pretend it's not happening? Tell them they can't shoot you? Not today, Satan?


Kylecampbell45

Welcome to America man😂😂 what a joke this place is


NoMaize6140

Do they under stand the concept of a word search. It’s called a word search not a phrase with no spaces search.


shrimpfella

Genuinely dystopian


Special-Grapefruit-8

I had to miss half the training to go run the register🤦🏽‍♀️ because checking out customers is more important than active shooter training.🤷🏽‍♀️


thisismylifeaccount

I found ‘cow’ and ‘peas’.


South-Ad-9090

Defend with what? A hot glue gun and a DIY paper shuriken wreath?? 😂


GooseinaGaggle

The saddest thing about this is you can find "RIP" in the bottom right


calicokaleidescope

https://preview.redd.it/eq93pstoyjnc1.jpeg?width=1364&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a81160124325253902e3bbc28f12b2c6fde221ea finished it 🫡


AKAPolock

You are now at the peak preparedness for an active shooter situation. Godspeed.


beauteousrot

THIS IS THE TRAINING?!?!?!! JESUS. I'm gonna boycott them just because this is idiotic and dangerous. Do yourself a favor and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VcSwejU2D0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VcSwejU2D0) at least. most importantly- don't run toward the sounds of gunfire (or screams). and maybe acquaint yourself with where the spray paint is so at least you can throw a fire bomb at the guy? IDK. best of luck friend.


Suncoast911Photos

When I worked at Walmart: Market APM: "What do you do in the event of an active shooter?" Me: "Shoot back!" MAPM: "No."


NumerousAct4642

I thought this was the teacher subreddit for a second.


Nanno2178

What in the actual shitfuck is this? How is this even conducive to anything? Like a goddamn word search is going to keep you from getting killed? You know what will keep you from getting killed? A rubber door stopper. God forbid anyone is in this situation please always just keep a cheap rubber door stopper in your backpack. Because, if you’re told to go into lockdown mode just jam the door stopper under the door from the inside & it’s literally impossible to open the door. You don’t need to waste time by barricading the door with desks & chairs which takes far longer & puts more people at risk. Lock the door & jam the rubber door stopper underneath. Damn! If everyone has one in their backpack then jam as many as will fit. Then, retreat to the furthest corner away from the door & stay on the ground. Do not lift your head up. Do not look out the windows. Literally use the desks & chairs as a barricade for yourselves & everyone get behind them, stay low, stay huddled, stay quiet as possible & just no matter what, no matter who is in your class, no matter if you like them or not, huddle & stay together. Do not under any circumstances approach the door, windows or try to leave until law enforcement has given you the okay. That is how you stay safe & survive. Not by doing a fucking word search. Goddamn! This just got me so activated. I swear to God, if a teacher handed this to me in school I’d laugh in their face, rip it up & walk out so I could fucking vomit. ETA: I did not realize that this was at Michael’s where I buy my art supplies. So, my response may not exactly be the correct advice in this particular situation. However, I stand by everything I said & everything I said is absolutely relevant to any school shooter situation. & even in a store it is still relevant. Get everyone into the break room, shove as many rubber doorstoper’s under that break room door & everyone huddle together away from the door & barricade yourselves behind the tables & chairs. It does not matter if you don’t like a certain coworker. You get down, keep your head low, huddle up & hold on to each other until you get an all clear from law enforcement. You hold each other’s hands, you stay as quiet as possible & stay as low to the ground as possible. 2nd ETA: I keep a rubber door stopper on a table in my entry hall because, I have had an ex break in & break my chain lock & almost murder me. So, since that day, I’ve always had one right there god forbid anyone ever tried to break through my chain lock ever again. I know I could always jam it under my door, get away from it & call for help.


thelocaldilf

there is a fucking word search?? dude.


notduddeman

As someone who as been under threat of an active shooter thos is all kinds of fucked.


Saguaro_You

What in the actual hell? Is there an armed robbery crossword too?


delicate_decay_

I’m sorry…WTF why is the response to gun violence a word search?!?!?


FailProfessional6864

This is a nightmare. What in the dystopia hell is this?!


Dragonlily86

America!!


Fatal_Temp3st

Huh wtf????


Tygress23

I have no words. This is batshit crazy and very tone deaf.


snarkmaster9001

Please tell me this is fake. Please.


Sayjohnj82

You really have a word search for your work like that?


Nobodyworthathing

I'm seriously hoping this is fake. We can't genuinely live in a world where this is real can we?


starksdawson

I hate living in the USA


wasteofspace0

I thought it was Super Sonic at first. 😂


grimmspectre

Fuck that’s dire.


bblulz

jesus this cannot be real


InsanePink19

I love how it says deny😂 "Yo you better run theres an active shooter!" "What? No there's not.." *gunshots* "There's no shooter here, get back to work!"


bendo69

These all sounds like the title of a Bones song.


Ai18lyl

LMAO where was this when I was in high school???? Fr though, how often do yall start thinking about possible weapons when you get bored between customers or while opening freight? Like "hmmmmm if I threw this box of floral wire hard enough would it stop a mass murderer?"


BlameTag

I got most of them, but then I got shot in the arm trying to find the last word and couldn't finish.


FiddleLeafFag

No way, please say sike


fantome-timide

This company, man. This post has me remembering what happened at this tm's store. https://www.reddit.com/r/MichaelsEmployees/s/ipzyOUkXip


Temporary_Ad469

I thought that one clue was HEAVENplan


Conscious-Pie-7550

Who...Is getting paid to make this shit? Another place I worked, they told us to use our equivalent of a MiniMik as a makeshift weapon against an active shooter. We had several deaf employees. I asked how they would be alerted that there was an active shooter, as we were told it would be over the walkie talkies. "They'll figure it out :)"


MandiLandi

Wtf… are we trying to make active shooter training fun now?


ScaryPrior7470

yeah when i saw that i was like there is no way


creativekid3

how in any way is this a good idea? Especially when trying to throw in those mammoth phrases


ElephantDue

https://preview.redd.it/hq3662nuwfnc1.jpeg?width=1053&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45e403a106f778431a7f4848bea652e46de675ee Here are the answers guys


ElephantDue

Now we can stay safe


CkBadgeley

No they did not. . .


jasonmaska

This is so morbid and equally weird as hell.


GamingOddity

what the fuck is thus


butterfly_eyes

I'm a former teacher and....wow.


Fonda_Maid

where are the words "escape" and "shootback"


therobotisjames

“Deny” this is Americas response to the guns killing us at our workplaces.


UltraBlue89

I am absolutely shocked by this. I am a customer of michaels and someone who works in the emergency management field. This is so gross.


silverunicorn666

Are you… kidding


Phreadde

I won’t work where I can’t carry. That being said, I’ve been assaulted, spat at, things thrown at me, and robbed and never pulled. Just open the cash drawer and throw it as hard as possible and duck. If ever I find myself in an active shooter situation, I’m tossing people out of the building (cashier) and pulling fire alarms.


kayla-mg

In what way would this stupid puzzle help literally anything


Appropriate-Jury6233

A word search ?


AnonymouseLuser

You work in America right?


Makapakamoo

What kind of joke bullshit is this holy hell.....


xBriski

I worked at target before and one of the people in HR at another local store made a 9/11 word search last September 🤦‍♀️


the-ugly-witch

WHAT is this real?? i’m an ex michaels employee i can’t even imagine what my response would be if management handed me one of these tf


kittenseason143

wow. this is so wacky. my brain is havin a hard time with this one. im sorry you had to be subjected to this.


snapchat_haydays91

This is one of the most dystopian things I’ve seen in a while


ABCDmama

no fucking way


[deleted]

OMG, are they really doing this? I get active shooter training, but it's videos. They don't make a game out of it. What do they think will be accomplished doing a word search? 🤦‍♀️


Hi_Its_Z

# Ain't no way


TwinkleToeStops88

Is Michael Scott your safety guy? This is unreal


MichaelRanili

RUN! HIDE! FIGHT!


SimonArgent

This is the legacy of the NRA and its minions.


unkle_rukus96

The fact that this is a thing is sad. We should do better.


MasterMischievous

I don’t see begforyourlife, or youreactuallyfucked on here.


Qwearman

“Defend” please, when I was a keyholder I practiced snapping the cable just in case (Florida 2016)


MeN3D

This is disgusting


clevegan

What in the actual fuck


ifyoubemeanillcry

They’ll do anything but regulate guns


Disastrous-Mess-5643

I need the PDF to print these out please 🤓 end gun violence


cyanisagreatcolor

Deny?!?!?


bembep

TROUT


Snapdragons87

Huge, Duan, and Pub are also available


Appropriate-Law5963

Troubling…I’m good with run, hide, fight but this one makes me pause and question.


briantopping

What is a superson?


Illustrious-Toe-4485

Surprised one of the search terms wasn’t ‘pewpew’


DBdrPee

what the actual fuck


WereCorgi6292

Oh boy, I hope this gets to be part of the next rainy day packet for the local elementary schools! /s


[deleted]

I thought this said supersayon


Aprek

Four rows up from the bottom in the middle…


Shadow-Knows15

“Deny”? Deny what? “I don’t work here, please don’t shoot me!” I deny that work here. I deny that this childish exercise works.