The point is not that it was not effective - It was plenty effective. The part that makes it theatrical is that the employee was of no threat to anyone. His pan

The point is not that it was not effective - It was plenty effective. The part that makes it theatrical is that the employee was of no threat to anyone. His panic attack was caused by the (perceived) threat of being forced into a public gathering, and injury was added to insult by the actual threat of having security "escort" him from the building.