Terrible training ideas: Hire a masked gunman

When it comes to training employees, you want to keep things interesting. But not this interesting.
Pharmacist’s assistant Babette Perry claims she was left with depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder after an unconventional safety exercise orchestrated by her the employer.
And by “unconventional,” we mean “stupid.”
As part of a “safety drill,” the hospital had another employee to go to Perry’s office on Christmas Eve. The six-foot-tall man told her the company’s HR director was being held hostage and claimed he had cut the office’s phone lines. The “gunman” demanded Oxycotin in exchange for the release of the HR manager.
Even after it was revealed the threat was part of an elaborate drill, Perry says she began hyperventilating. She was so unnerved she couldn’t work for a week.
She’s now suing the hospital for the costs of her pyschological treatment, as well as punitive damages.