RETARDED FIREALARMS!!

Originally Posted by Locke

When I used to live in residence on campus, the fire alarm going off was a near-daily occurence. If I remember right, for the 2 semesters I was there (september to may), the alarm went off 100+ times.

I live in one of the nicest dorms on campus now, but I hear about poor souls who live in the crappy dorms all the time. The fire alarms in Met. are so tempermental that almost anything can set them off. The girls living there have had to evacuate at 3 a.m. because someone took a shower. They had to evacuate many times because someone would spray hairspray, perfume, or even deodorizer within their dormroom. There were cases of toasters, hairdryers, and I think even a vaccuum. I know in my dorm the alarm goes off whenever the gases in the basement are off-balance (have no clue how or why, but it just does).


During my freshman year, I was placed in one of the oldest dorms on campus. The fire alarm would go off at crazy times, such as 12:30 A.M. in December while everyone was dressed in their nightwear because someone decided to make cookies. Rumor has it that the people on the fourth floor would only have 2 minutes when the siren went off to leave the building (no elevators) or else their whole floor would collapse if there was a real fire.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

We had the fire alarm go off in our building the other day at work. It was a simple drill, but I definitely believe that nobody should ignore these things. Drills are necessary every once in a while to remind people of where the exits are, etc... I don't see why the OP is so pissy about this.

They are important, but when you have a building who has a tempermental fire alarm that goes off every other day if not everyday then it becomes annoying (especially during finals). The Met. dorm I mentioned earlier once had their fire alarm go off seven times in one day. I think it was in late November or early December. Dorms are normally suppose to have drills twice a semester.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Dullenplain

3. Late night. And I'm sure some of you have had experienced the indignity of having the fire drill occur while taking a shower. In my case 12:30 AM and in October which made it rather chilly. I was joined by four others who had the talent of bad timing.

Yes, I was one of those people who was once caught in the shower. Luckily, I was about finished so I rushed to get dressed and went outside. However, when we had the 12:30 AM one during December, I was unloading my last load of laundry from the dryer and I had finished taking a shower maybe 1/2 hour ago.

This was the incident that involved someone burning cookies. I went outside in my nightshirt and shorts and was embarrassed since we lived next door to a boy's dormitory and there had been some males visiting in the guest lounge. There was this one heavy-set girl who said, "I'm so lucky that I was too lazy to take off my pants before I went to bed. If I had, I would have ran out here wearing nothing but my shirt and a thong in front of all these boys." She was the one that told me about the top floor's 2 minute rule and I am a buddy of the roommate she was staying with at the time.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.