[aomagrat]

The parachute opens automatically by the weight against a static line that the user clips to a desk or door knob in the office from which he is escaping.

With my luck, the static line would pull the desk out with me instead of opening the parachute.

[RnMomof7]

With my luck, the static line would pull the desk out with me instead of opening the parachute.

LOL You will never know what hit ya..(the desk or the ground)

[airborne]

If you don't know how to steer a chute, you're liable to smack into the building. You have to worry about wires and other obstacles, including other jumpers. Then comes the landing. Keep your feet together or you'll snap a leg.If it's windy, you're going to hit harder than usual.

Now multiply this by a hundred other skyscraper jumpers. What a sight!

[Vinnie]

With my luck, the static line would pull the desk out with me instead of opening the parachute.

LOL... I was thinking the same thing.
I had a cousin in Airborne. He told me the breakaway tab on the end of the static line is about 300-500 lb. test. A body falling picks up 'weight' quickly.
I can see pulling a desk right out.

Of course, they could make the parachutes from plate steel in a pointy configuration and then objects would merely be deflected. :)

[joan]

"With my luck, the static line would pull the desk out with me instead of opening the parachute."

They could have special metal handles on the walls/floor specifically to be used for these parachutes.