Other executives at NBC (including ladies) have/had it as well...

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What I haven't seen (and I haven't looked) was whether this just kept people from outside walking in. Surely the fire code made it so that you could open the door and walk out from the inside (without needing to press the button again), but I haven't seen anything one way or the other about that.

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Posted: 11/30/2017 at 07:12AM

So Matt Lauer had a button under his desk he would push -- capitals1 11/29/2017 10:37PM

I've got something "under the desk" I'd like pushed. ** -- MikeVT85 11/30/2017 5:31PM

I don't understand the logic; a full bar would have been a better option -- WestyHokie 11/30/2017 11:02AM

Dylan, I need to consult w/you in my office... -- banishedtothelounge 11/30/2017 09:56AM

Anyone think it odd that Savannah Guthrie was upset he was fired? ** -- bigbadbird 11/30/2017 09:47AM

No Savannah is sunshine and naiveté -- daisyWV 11/30/2017 12:26PM

Anyone think it odd that these two ↑ ↓didn't follow Lounge rules? ** -- statmanfromHCyrs 11/30/2017 10:11AM

No. She owes her job to him. He pushed Ann out and Savannah got the gig ** -- ModerateHokie 11/30/2017 09:49AM

We have a button like that at the USO Lounge at IAD. -- GFallsFan 11/30/2017 09:10AM

Hmm -- Nova Hokie 95 11/30/2017 10:09AM

Couple of weeks ago I spent a few hours with the family of a fallen soldier -- GFallsFan 11/30/2017 10:25AM

I couldn't even imagine doing that. You do a great service ** -- Nova Hokie 95 11/30/2017 10:27AM

I heard he was hired as the head football coach at UT ** -- vt_mughal 11/30/2017 09:01AM

Heard he also had... -- EDGEMAN 11/30/2017 08:54AM

There was an old judge in Chesterfield who had a panic alarm under his desk -- 48zip 11/30/2017 07:41AM

Wonder what his Cyber Week purchases were ** -- bigbadbird 11/30/2017 07:37AM

Several years ago I got family pressure to go stand in the plaza with the -- Tuckahokie 11/30/2017 07:21AM

Roker is also a jerk -- OrlandoHokie 11/30/2017 11:38AM

Other executives at NBC (including ladies) have/had it as well... -- BB Hokie 11/30/2017 07:12AM

I would like to hear how someone justifies having that installed ** -- Betabeachbum 11/30/2017 06:18AM

I think it is meant to block somebody trying to get in the office -- fordham 11/30/2017 3:01PM

What would Costanza say? ** -- bigbadbird 11/30/2017 07:51AM

Was that wrong?. ** -- vthhhi 11/30/2017 08:33AM

Easy. "There are times where I get a thought and can't be interrupted!" -- HokieinTampa 11/30/2017 07:12AM

Or, in today's age, "I need it for active shooter situations." -- HokieinTampa 11/30/2017 07:21AM

Yeah, I was thinking "Panic Button" is a pretty good justification. -- hoosnowahokie 11/30/2017 08:43AM

Panic Button almost sounds like a good idea until you realize -- Tafkam Hokie 11/30/2017 09:44AM

Doesn’t everybody? ** -- Stork 11/30/2017 04:18AM

Got the idea from the Penguin ** -- TheNuke 11/29/2017 11:24PM

I'm torn whether that is a Batman villian move, or a Bond villian move. -- Tafkam Hokie 11/30/2017 12:46AM

In Bond movie the button drops people into the shark tank. More, I'm sure ** -- 81_Hokie 11/30/2017 06:44AM

The nun in Blues Brothers ** -- TheNuke 11/30/2017 07:30AM

Other executives at NBC (including ladies) have/had it as well...

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