Answer: One is the box containing the key to the fire escape, the other is the distance to said fire escape.
The Interesting part is that my office is in between these two points.
Scenario: A fire blocks the main everyday door from safley beeing used. Yours truly and three colegues are then trapped in the our offices. We have the uncofortable choice of a) approaching burning area to receive potentially red-hot key and then scarpering back down the coridoor to the fire escape or b) burning in our rooms.
N.B. Although on the ground floor, escape via the windows is not an option as these are barred up.
I'm sure this all looked very good on paper when someone drew up the regulations, but the stupidity of the situation astounds me.
Lets just hope there isn't a fire ..... oh I forgot, the building is still wired with a 1960/70s installation and fuse box and too many kettles switched on at the same time fuses the whole thing.
