Out of the way of the real people is, naturally, doing the difficult work of sorting out the stuff! This means someone else will need to be on mal watching duty, which he doesn't like much because these people are all kind of shit at it, but there's a senior New Yorker nearby who sounds like he'll get plenty protective from that shouting in the hall, so probably it's as safe as it ever is to not be looking out for the monsters that want to eat you.