So yesterday, we had another fire alarm drill (See posts Fire Alarm Drill, Fire Alarm Drill II, Fire Alarm Drill III). Well, sort of. The Shitshow was actually testing the fire alarm. This time, they actually gave us a warning in advance. Yup, at around 3pm yesterday, they put up flyers that they'd be testing the fire alarm - at 6pm. Wow - a whole 3hrs advance notice.
Now I never saw this notice because, as a Shitshow grunion, I never actually leave my desk. I eat lunch at my desk and choose not to interact with any of the trolls on my floor. I was planning on working late yesterday (aka writing a new blog post) when suddenly the fire alarm goes off at 6pm. I save my work, collect my stuff, and head down the stairs. This time, I took the fire exit because the last time we had a fire drill everyone walked out the regular exit and we all got chastised.
Then today as I am leaving work, the inSecurity guard comes up to me and says "Hold on a minute...I've been wanting to talk to you since yesterday. You're not supposed to walk out the Fire Exit when we're testing the fire alarm. I wanted to tell you yesterday, but you were walking so fast, I didn't get a chance to."
This statement is great for some many reasons:
1) Apparently now when I hear the fire alarm, I should ask someone whether it is a real fire, a fire alarm drill, or simply fire alarm testing.
2) The inSecurity guard admitted he was too slow to catch somebody walking to their car. So what's he gonna do when there's actually a real perpetrator fleeing the scene?
3) SEE!!! He does know who I am! They always pretend they don't recognize you when you forget your badge, yet all of a sudden he remembers me?
Because I will continue to use the fire exit no matter what the circumstances are, I throw rocks.
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