I keep my office stocked for such a thing. If I were to get stuck someplace, this is likely to be the place.

 

Same here working in a cubical, I have a drawer with dry soup, and health snack options. Not to mention I work right next door to a grocery store. I also work at an internet company, so as long as the main fiber line doesn't go down I'll have internet while others don't so hopefully I'll be more informed if something happens.

As far as an actual BoL say from my house, no way, only because being next to a grocery store will attract more looters and determined people. But for some jobs I.E: out in the boonies corner store (20-30 miles away from major city), as long as it has decent security in place ( metal gates and etc.) Def a viable option.

 

I've thought of this seriously but never mentioned it. The building is secure, the doors work on battery back up and we have a generator system. We are open 24/7, there is always somebody there. Even in the big hurricanes of 2011 and 2012, we were open. I do keep a lot of things in locked cabinets and I could expand on that easily.

 

I've thought about it. I could throw a cot down in my office and be reasonably comfortable. Not sure I'd want to spend much time in a drafty old processing plant, but it's pretty secure and solid.

 

I would see my workplace more as a cache location or staging post. I have lockers and secure storage to keep an good sized BOB and additional accessories as well as access to fuel, tools and water in a SHTF scenario. I could overnight at work, but after that I'd be making plans to move on to a more secure and long term solution.

 

Being that I work at a Convenience Store/Gas Station, I feel like that would be the last place i'd like to be when the SHTF. Riots/Looting, Lord knows what else. But its a possibility if I can't figure out somewhere else to go.

 

Work would be a good place to get my bearings, unless we were told to get out or were locked out electronically. I could not bring anyone else in with me though.

 

This is the same as my situation, more or less. I have some food here and a change of clothes, plus there is emergency power on a diesel generator, so I could sit tight until the opportunity to safely get home presented itself. It wouldn't do my family any good, but if leaving just puts me in harm's way, I'd wait here as long as is feasible.

 

No chance here, workplace is worse in every regard. I'd rather be in a lean-to in the woods. As for staying and not losing my job -- I don't think I'd be able to squeeze my family into my prison cell-like office. If I lost my home I'd have bigger concerns than my job.

Likely I'd go live with rural out-of-town relatives, taking along preps, valuables, etc.

 

I work in a hospital. No way I'd ever bug out there. It's in the middle of the ghetto too.

 

I'm withJBryan, I work in a hospital. It's the VERY last place I would want to be.

 

When the SHTF, many people will go straight to the ER. When hurricane Ivan hit my home area, people started showing up to the ER before the storm hit. They didn't have any real medical issues, but that's where they went. I was 18 but my uncle and aunt both worked in the hospital. Now my parents and my wife and I all do too. The instant any major event looks to be near, people come in. Idiots who have nowhere better to be, even their homes.

 

I work EMS and Jbryan and best are right a hospital is a awfull choice.

 

Buddy of mine bugged out to the hospital he works at for a couple days about two weeks ago when his house lost power for about a week.

 

I work in a bakery with over 100 people...it wouldn't be the zombies first place to loot but they'd think about it after a few days....too many dock doors and such to secure....i'd grab and run..

 

I work in a bank. I'll get my cash out of my account and then leave. No way I'd stay there longer than it takes to close up in the event something goes down.

 

Yep:
20" thick brick walls,
bars & mesh on the steel frame windows,
6" thick steel and concrete double doors,
Gated, dead end road,
Shouldn't be a target for looting due to the nature of the businesses and the area,
Big footprint with a small employee count.

Although not for the zombie apocolypse, it's next to the graveyard(!)

 

Processing center seems to be a popular idea.

In my case we have a very small stockroom, nowhere to sleep. Bar that, and the fact I'd leave my cats stranded at home, it's not a bad idea.

 

I was working inside a secure military facility once and asked them what they did if locked down, which had happened 9/11 and would anytime there was a big terrorist event. The operator pulled open a filing cabinet stocked high with ramen, snacks, beverage powders, etc, they even had cots stored. With the marine barracks next door he said it was really unnecessary since they provided three hot meals a day if that happened.

So it is definitely something a lot of people think about.

 

I've actually used my workplace as a BOL during a hurricane for 2 days, me and 3 other guys actually, we went home and then came back to keep an eye on a property that was 144 acres under roof, we were all single at the time of course so we really had no other responsibilities to anyone else. We had two way radios that ran through a repeater so we could keep in contact with one another. Its certainly a viable option especially if you're the boss and have the keys to the place...LOL

 

I had a former workplace set-up as a possible bug-out location. I was managing a drug store in Washington State. It was a large drug store with a camping department.

What first made me think of it was our compactor. We had a large trash compactor behind the store fed from a chute from our backroom. One day a truck driving behind the building hit it and we couldn't get it replaced. We had the outside wall sealed and our door to it locked, so we threw a padlock on it. This left a 3'X3'X6" area sealed on one end and locked on another, so I clipped the lock and put my own on it. The store was stocked with almost everything, so I loaded this space up with weapons and ammo. The store's office had a window that overlooked the front doors and would have worked incredibly well for defense, I would have just lined up some kitty litter bags to provide some cover.
The only downside is that I would have to get there quickly in the event of societal breakdown as pharmacies are usually hit early. I lived nearby and could have gotten my family there in about 20 minutes counting the time it would take to get our BOBs loaded in the car.

 

I can say with 100% certainty that I have never considered my workplace as a BOL. There is a methadone clinic in the building and their clients get confused about which business has their "medicine". Our door stays locked at all times. Handguns lay on desktops within easy reach. Mine is carried on me concealed. Pretty much no one comes into the office other than employees, Fed Ex and the mailman.

Reading over the above paragraph for typos, it occurs to me that it sounds like I work in the illegal drug trade... :rofl: I assure you that I don't. The office just happens to be in a bad neighborhood. :rofl:

 

No, Retired!

 

At my last job, I took a lesson from George Costanza. I built a desk big enough to sleep under with a camping mat. It came in handy when working a lot of overtime. I even had a bathroom with a shower in my office.

 

I actually have. I keep preps in my office along with things to protect myself if SHTF. I also consider my work a BO location because it is surrounded by two gates and had enough water and food to sustain 600 people for at least 2 weeks. Most people have no idea it is there and I am one of very few that have keys to everything.

This would all, of course, depend on when/what time of day SHTF occurred.

 

If there was a significant enough shtf that getting in trouble with the law for stealing my work vehicle was no longer a concern I've got keys to a fueled up truck with enough range to make Canada or Mexico either one.

 

I am of two minds on this idea.

On the one hand, I think it is an ideal location for caching supplies; in a locker, personal desk, office, etc.

On the other hand, unless you own the place there are limits. As well, many people (like myself) try to get jobs NEAR where they work. This means an incident that affects your home may well affect your work place too.

 

My view is that it should be potentially considered as one of several viable locations.
Afterall, if something sudden does kick-off, there is a good chance many of us would be at work.

So if you are prepared at work, then you are already there.
A good alternative is obviously have your daily driver stocked.

The recent France shootings are a good example, they targeted folk at work, when they ran, they holed-up on an industrial estate after that and people couldn't escape from work.
When bombs started going off on trains and buses in London on 11/7 the best place to wait it out would have been to stay at work rather than risk public transport.
Luckily terrorism is a rare thing, but I understand mass shootings are a semi-regular occurance in the US when people 'go postal'?

My nearby (as mentioned earlier) is actually no-longer my primary employer, but it is a family business, my family, so I'm regularly there, know everyone, have a set of keys and store a few things there (mainly extra motorbikes). It is also 3 minutes walk from my house.
My regular work is also a secure facility due to the nature of some of our work, big fences, security, but it is in the city; so I would rather not hang around after the event.
I'd stay put until I knew more of what's going on, then workout which direction to go.


I've rambled on enough, I suppose to sum up my view;
Although it may not be the ideal BOL, you may be forced to bug in until something blows over.

 

Before I had to retire, I had the perfect BOL. 40,000ft up, 5,500 mile range. Two bathrooms (one for crew, one for the boss), Kitchen stocked with a few nibbles. Now I live in my BOL, in a area where most people won't even think about coming to. Perfect for me.