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Old Wed Dec 15, 2010, 06:15pm
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IMO it needlessly draws attention to yourself. And I certainly don't buy the "A lanyard slows me down". How? You blow the whistle and let it drop out of your mouth. Seems like it would take less time then blowing the whistle, bringing my hand to my mouth, putting the whistle in said hand and then reporting.
You've got it backwards.

Not using the lanyard makes you more conscious of the whistle, so you have a slower whistle. I've done it in AAU and yes, it does work.

We have several guys who don't use a whistle lanyard. I would say 99% of people in the building have no idea they don't have a lanyard.
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