Fire drill
Do you remember the fire drills we always had when we were kids in school? (Yes, I think I was once in school. I can't remember that far back sometimes, however. Hey I'm happy if I can remember what I had for dinner last night let alone stuff that happened when I was five. And what DID I have for dinner last night? Food of some type or sort…not pizza. No, not that. Something else. Chicken maybe. Hmm. Maybe. But I digress…)
The fire drills in school were always fun. We got to leave class and so stand outside for a while and waste some time. But the thing with fire drills is that you always think it's just a drill so you never hurry. What would happen if there was a real problem and here we were thinking that the teachers and the principal had nothing better to do than make us go stand outside for a while. ::shrug:: Never thought much about it until today.
I pull into the office at 9:01 sharp and as I'm getting out of my car to walk into the office building I see people leaving the building in droves.
This, I think, is peculiar.
So, walking toward the building as people are streaming out into the parking lot I try to find someone from my company. It took a while, but they eventually appear and I slide on over to find out what's going on.
According to one report, someone heard a big bang and then the fire alarm went off. We've had fire drills before, but apparently this wasn't one of them. So, we got to stand outside loitering in the parking lot talking about the possibility of visiting the local Ihop if this ended up taking much longer than a few minutes.
And then the fire truck rounded the corner.
Guess it was serious. So we backed away from the building to make room for the fire truck and had the opportunity to ogle the fully-kitted firefighters. Never a bad way to start the morning.
Eventually the all clear is given and we return (or, in my case, finally walk in) to the building. What was the issue? We don't know and I'm not sure I care, but it got me thinking about fire drills because the first question I heard someone had asked was: "Do we have to go outside?" See, we're all thinking that the building people would like to see us stand outside in the drizzle just because we sometimes insist on hitting all the buttons in the elevator bank.
Anyway…we had a real building evacuation today. Wait, I think "we had a fire drill" sounds like more fun. ::shrug:: Either way, I got to stare at firefighters with axes and I think that's about all that matters to me today.
:: sigh ::
Jack looked so much better though.
The fire drills in school were always fun. We got to leave class and so stand outside for a while and waste some time. But the thing with fire drills is that you always think it's just a drill so you never hurry. What would happen if there was a real problem and here we were thinking that the teachers and the principal had nothing better to do than make us go stand outside for a while. ::shrug:: Never thought much about it until today.
I pull into the office at 9:01 sharp and as I'm getting out of my car to walk into the office building I see people leaving the building in droves.
This, I think, is peculiar.
So, walking toward the building as people are streaming out into the parking lot I try to find someone from my company. It took a while, but they eventually appear and I slide on over to find out what's going on.
According to one report, someone heard a big bang and then the fire alarm went off. We've had fire drills before, but apparently this wasn't one of them. So, we got to stand outside loitering in the parking lot talking about the possibility of visiting the local Ihop if this ended up taking much longer than a few minutes.
And then the fire truck rounded the corner.
Guess it was serious. So we backed away from the building to make room for the fire truck and had the opportunity to ogle the fully-kitted firefighters. Never a bad way to start the morning.
Eventually the all clear is given and we return (or, in my case, finally walk in) to the building. What was the issue? We don't know and I'm not sure I care, but it got me thinking about fire drills because the first question I heard someone had asked was: "Do we have to go outside?" See, we're all thinking that the building people would like to see us stand outside in the drizzle just because we sometimes insist on hitting all the buttons in the elevator bank.
Anyway…we had a real building evacuation today. Wait, I think "we had a fire drill" sounds like more fun. ::shrug:: Either way, I got to stare at firefighters with axes and I think that's about all that matters to me today.
:: sigh ::
Jack looked so much better though.
4 Comments:
AHHH! I finally take a day off, and something exciting happens! Did you at least get a few pictures of the cute firefighters for me???!!
Pictures? Pictures..........nope. No pictures. Paul even stepped to the side so we could ogle better. Nice of him, eh?
Haha! Well, it sounds like an interesting way to start a Friday, if nothing else!
Yeah, well.... you get to ogle me on a daily basis... Quite frankly, I only moved aside because I was getting tired of it.
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