Two things: One, the metal stick would go into the ink house, but not all the lightning will follow it. If it went into the house through the hole, the most probable is that the lightning have reached the walls surrounding the hole by the time the metal stick had reached the house. And two, human reactions dont work like that, I mean, if you didnt see the stick coming how would you reqct so quickly in the 1 second or less time that it takes from the gap in the ink to the floOr?