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Fire Alarms
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What do you do when one goes off? There is one ringing now but I'm not moving because it's raining and I'm sure there is no fire...
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At uni, find access card, keys, bag, laptop into bag etc then leave.
At home, go hunting.
Uni - slowly leave.
Home - open the door/ window as its normally the result of cooking gone mad.
If i was at work, we'd have to get all the customers out as standard procedure (i work at a costa coffee)
At home, if i know someones cooking i leave it but otherwise i'd go investigate
At Uni (if i went) - probably go to the canteen for a coffee.
At home - Wonder why i can hear a fire alarm when we haven't got one.
Though we do, ofc, have smoke alrams. Pedantic, moi ?
Home - it's always a false alarm (it's very heat sensitive) so the door is just shut and the light turned on. Usually shuts up after a few minutes.
Is it just me, or are fire drills always done when it's chucking it down with rain/very cold?
Yes, or in the middle of the night
At home I'd probably panic cos it never goes off.
If during lectures - leave the leacture and don't come back
If at 12 noon - leave canteen and head for the boozer.
If at 6PM - student trying to make toast, but causes whole hall of residence to evacuate.
If at 12 midnight - caused by people smoking joint. The drunkards simply go outside with their bottles.
If at 3AM - normally doesn't apply coz I'm out clubbing.
If at 5AM - just sleep through it.
School - close the door and continue lecture (the alarm goes off several times a semester because somebody has gone out the wrong door )
Home - probably either look for the fire or turn it off.
uni - follow the procedure, wonder why my £2000 course fee are being spent on all the secruity gurards that come from nowhere in those situations.
work - (pub) announce that theres no need to panic or evaucate as a non emergency mishap occured in the kitchen - only to find no one in the entire pub as moved or even stopped their converstation.
ha, yeah i was like that at uni then this happened at the halls i was staying in...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/4179007.stm
ahhhh, that was eventful and rather funny at the time. uni days, ahhh :razz:
Are they bad for you there?
They never stop here. I just ignore them unless they go off for ages, then I begrudgingly go and check if there actually is a fire. There never is and so I carry on ignoring them.
Had about 3 within a month in the library recently. One the day before my dissertation was due. Not amused.
Oh yeah, I was evacuated from the library last month for a fire alarm. Evacuated everyone in the building, it was a complete waste of time as there was no fire at all. gah, stupid things.