Posted by special_k on March 30, 2006, at 19:49:11
In reply to Special_k, with a twist,, posted by Susan47 on March 29, 2006, at 11:39:15
((((((((susan))))))))
i don't know what to say.
nice to talk to you
feeling horrible today
that time of the month etc.fire alarm went off this morning.
then stopped while i was scrabbling for my shoes (can't get down the stairs without them 'cause the floor is so hard)
then something on the loudspeaker
which i couldn' hear 'cause i was scrabbling for my shoes
something aout 'a fire alarm has been activated'jeepers...
it wasn't loud at all.
i'm used to them being so loud so that the drunken people physically cannot sleep through them and remain in the building (unless they are comatose)
and what i realised... is that (and this has occured to me before) there is only one stairwell out of the building. if there is a fire in the stairwell (or preventing people from getting to the stairwell) we are screwed.
and you know what he was saying on the loudspeaker?
(i was trying to assemble outside 'cause that's what fire alarms mean in NZ anyways get the hell out of the building 'cause it might be on fire)
he was saying 'a fire alarm has been activated and please stay in your rooms until we find out why'.
well f*ck that for a joke. i went outside.
thought they might be doing a drill to time evacuation (we used to get those back home) and if we are too slow they repeat the exercies the following week...
anyway... somones jug (kettle) the steam... accident etc. sigh.
but there is only one exit :-(
and do they really expect us to just stay in our rooms when an alarm goes off?
WTF?????
there aren't any fire instructions up anywhere in this building...
hrm.
that can't be in compliance with health and safety...
poster:special_k
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