- Fire Alarm - Monday, August 01, 2005 While sitting here in my office trying to give advice to a victim (who happens to be my neighbor) on the phone our fire alarm goes off. Now, I don't know for sure it's the fire alarm, but it's the most high pitched squeeling awful noise you can imagine. What do I do? Good question. I sit here and talk to my victim. Now, through the course of our conversation she asks me what that high pitched squeeling awful noise is. Gee, I reply, I don't know! It must be the fire alarm, funny because nobody is leaving the building. I don't smell smoke. WHAT??????????????????????? She screams in my ear. I CAN'T HEAR YOU THROUGH THAT HIGH PITCHED SQUEELING AWFUL NOISE IN THE BACKGROUND. Oh, you can't? Well...hold on...I'll keep looking for that phone number to that person I'm going to transfer you to.... Ok, I'm back. I found it, here it is. OK, THANKS KELLY. PS. TELL YOUR BOYS THAT IF THEY WANT TO PLAY WITH THE PUPPIES IN MY BACK YARD THEY CAN BUT THEY SHOULDN'T THROW ROCKS AT THEM ANYMORE. ??? OH AND I HOPE THAT HIGH PITCHED SQUEELING AWFUL NOISE GOES AWAY SOON SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR YOU. (not so I'll live through the burning inferno. ) Ok, sorry?! Hangs up the phone. I now decide I can smell smoke...I think. Is it psychological, or do I really smell smoke? Hmmm...nobody is running for their life outside yet. No smoke billowing. No fire department....er, wait....here they come. Lights on and sirens blaring. Fire alarm shuts off. (FINALLY, I can hear myself think.) Patrol Commander walks in. PC: Hi Kelly Me: Hi Commander. PC: Nope, no smoke smell. Did you smell smoke at all? Me: Not sure. I thought I did, but maybe it was psychological. PC: Sorry, you're not going home. Me: Ok. Good try. PC: Bye I call Kelly, upstairs. Me: What the heck? Kelly: No kidding, we were all running around up here with our heads cut off. Me: Why? Kelly: Fire Alarm! Me: Yeah, but nobody left the building Kelly: Well, we waited in the lobby. Me: Oh ok...just checking. So...my point is...do people actually take fire alarms seriously? Do you take fire alarms seriously at your office/work? So then I start wondering, well what if it was real. What if it was in my entry/exit doorway. Even though I have 5 large 4 1/2 ft X 3 ft windows that face the parking lot, how would I get out? I guess I better follow the fire alarm next time and exit. Even if there is a lightning storm going on outside, black skies, and hurricane like weather.

posted by VRA @ 12:12 PM 1 Comments: At 2:42 PM,  Holly said... That is a funny story, Kell. If the alarm went off here, I don't know. I think I might go to the parking lot...hop in my car...keep going...   Post a Comment << Home