Stupid Story 07-31-05

I was at work on Saturday when this buzzing started. I looked around, and nobody was moving. I asked if that was the fire alarm, and two people said yes. I asked one of them to get up and check. If they didn't come back alive, I was going to go out the other way. He comes back, and confirms it was the fire alarm. I went out back to see what was going on, and I was told that a box had tipped over and set it off. Ok, so we have to wait for the fire department to come and reset it.

20 minutes later, noone had come. I called the fire department myself, and I got a recording telling me to leave a message. Alternatively, I could call the fire marshall and it gave his number. So I called it. If you couldn't see this coming yet, I was greeted to the same exact recording.

I notice out the window a fire truck driving by. Finally, I thought, they were going to turn this damn thing off.... the truck drove right by us and went down the street.

After 30 minutes, the alarm stopped on its own, and noone ever came to check on us. Nice.