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"So, seeing some of the changes coming on in a short amount of time, I spent my lunches converting an abandoned and partially blocked utility closet on the 2nd floor into a tiny home. I assumed that if it all went down while I was at work, I wouldn't be able to get out easily," Morris told the interviewer, who shook their head in awe. "Lots of space in there, electricity, HVAC, with access to ventilation panels for travel to the Security office (one floor down behind a locked steel door with keypad entry) and Security's private bathroom. You lose weight because you're rationing from the get go, but ... it was pretty easily done." "Didn't anyone ask what you were doing?" the interviewer probed. "Nah," Morris replied. "I told them that I was cleaning it out, which was true; they just assumed I was doing it as part of the latest floor remodel." "What was the greatest contributor to your safety?" the interviewer asked next. "Well, weirdly enough, it was how the zombie plague began; most of my colleagues turned while looking down at their cell phones, and that's how they stayed - looking down at the thing in their hands. I could've tap danced in the elevator bay singing songs from "Hamilton" and not drawn attention to myself. Easy peasy lemon squeezy." "EPLS" became a meme and then a banner for others when the segment aired (for those barricaded in their homes, offices, and schools); it was synonymous with the kind of ingenuity that anticipates doom.