False Alarm at Night - Awkward Lesson

[Deleted member 8431]

Just wanted to share a rather funny story which happened last night. I currently live in college residences.

So I was sleeping tight when all of a sudden, the fire alarm went on. It was about 2:30 AM (ET). I got up, put my clothes and got out of the room. Everything seemed fine but still went down using the stairs and got outside. As I lighted a cigarrette looking at the firetrucks rushing in, I've heard a guy saying it was him who was responsible for the alarm.

So very awkwardly, he just kind of looked at us and said; "ok guys, we have a smoke machine for Halloween and it seems to work perfectly". Now I couldn't help but to laugh as we finally understood what happened. These guys were having a little beer fest in their room and tried the smoke machine.

So at least, the guy took responsability of it's act and said "well now it's time to assume my responsability" and ran to the firemen. Now the poor firemen had elongated faces as they were obviously dragged out of bed as well. That's not really funny but it made me giggle because it added up to the whole situation which was quite rediculous.

So anyways, they went in, made a quick look around and everything was indeed fine. So the firefighters just left.

Worst is that there was no security guard at the residences which isn't supposed to happen at night. So it turns out in the end that the company who owns the residences will be charged with a juicy fine while the other guy (smoke machine man) was forgiven by the firemen (no charges).

Hahaha! Ahhh, lessons! No matter what time it is, they are always awaiting!

Peace!

 

[Hesper]

So what was the lesson for you?

 

[Deleted member 8431]

So what was the lesson for you?

The lesson was rather for the guy who decided to use it's smoke machine here and also the company who decided not to find a security guard for the night. That was quite a coincidence to say the least as we usually always have a guard at night.

No significant lesson for me here but now I know that the smoke detectors are directly linked to the central unit. So I'll be careful whenever I fry things up the pan.

Peace.

EDIT: Just though about it, if this thread would be better in the "Tickle Me" section, feel free to move it in as it's more of a funny story.

 

[Buddy]

[quote author=JayMark]
No significant lesson for me here...[/quote]

Are you sure there's no other lesson for you there or in your sharing of it here? Personally, I don't see the humor of the situation. But then I can be humorless sometimes. What I'm looking at is a company that provides the residences for you, others, and future others now faces an unnecessary fine that might negatively impact quality-of-life for present and future residents.

If it were me in your shoes, then perhaps a lesson would be something along the lines of a warning for perceiving in terms of context isolation.

All is lessons yes, but all is connected in some way as well.

 

[Deleted member 8431]

What I'm looking at is a company that provides the residences for you, others, and future others now faces an unnecessary fine that might negatively impact quality-of-life for present and future residents.

Sorry. I wasen't clear at all. Here, let me try to explain it all on a serious tone this time.

I understand what you mean, but the fact is that they are also supposed to provide us with a security guard at night - which wasen't done. That's why they are being fined - not because of the false alarm per se. So perhaps the fine was unnecessary but the way I see it is that they have unfortunately been caugh neglecting the security of the residents. So if this fine can 'push' them to be careful about it, then I think it could also have a positive impact on the quality of life and especially security of the residents despite the rest. But I could be wrong I concur.

This is one of the first thing that is written in the rules of the place. It is mandatory for them to provide a security guard at all time from evening to next morning, until the staff comes back in the case anything happens. The security guard have access to all doors, building controls, cameras and to the intercoms which are found in all the rooms in the case of an emergency. They are also aware of all the people that are disabled (handicapped) in the building which is also important.

If it had been a real fire, not having the security guard could have led to much more drastic concequences than the fine alone, imo. Many people didn't evacuate the building but a security guard could have called them on the intercom and tell them to get out and see if anybody's having problems (like a handicapped person). Not only that but the firemen that came didn't have access to the whole building so we had to wait until the janitor came half-asleep in jogging pants with the keys and clearance (they didn't like that as you would guess).

If it were me in your shoes, then perhaps a lesson would be something along the lines of a warning for perceiving in terms of context isolation.

All is lessons yes, but all is connected in some way as well.

About that, you are entirely right I concur.

Anyhow, I'm not trying to argue here. I agree that my OP didn't provide the whole picture as much as I was looking at it from a completely off-set angle thinking it was nothing but funny. Hopefully, this reply will provide more information for you to understand what really happened.

Thanks for pointing it out. And feel free to correct me or to help me having a better perception of the situation, which could still be off-set.

Peace.

 

[Mrs. Peel]

[quote author=JayMark]
No significant lesson for me here...

Are you sure there's no other lesson for you there or in your sharing of it here? Personally, I don't see the humor of the situation. But then I can be humorless sometimes. What I'm looking at is a company that provides the residences for you, others, and future others now faces an unnecessary fine that might negatively impact quality-of-life for present and future residents.

[/quote]

I don't think it's funny either. If I were the firemen, I'd be seriously pi@@ed off.

 

[Deleted member 8431]

[quote author=JayMark]
No significant lesson for me here...

Are you sure there's no other lesson for you there or in your sharing of it here? Personally, I don't see the humor of the situation. But then I can be humorless sometimes. What I'm looking at is a company that provides the residences for you, others, and future others now faces an unnecessary fine that might negatively impact quality-of-life for present and future residents.

I don't think it's funny either. If I were the firemen, I'd be seriously pi@@ed off.
[/quote]

Yep. They were.