Okay, so maybe they don't totally suck. Yes they are there to give us a chance to escape in case of a fire. But you have to remember to change the batteries every 6 months.
But because my condo used to be an apartment building they need to inspect the units once a year to make sure they meet the fire code. This basically means checking to make sure your smoke alarm works. But it also means taking the day off work and waiting around all day for them to come to your unit. Usually I just use it as a day to catch up on some much needed video gaming.
Last night though the building fire alarm went off. Thankfully I hadn't quite gone to bed yet. Because if I had I probably wouldn't have heard it.
So I go in a dash. I wake up the wife and tell her whats happening. We both quickly throw on some clothes to go outside in. We grab the baby, her car seat, a diaper bag, a full bottle, and my wallet. But when we get out in the hallways the only thing we see are other tenants.
No smoke. No fire. Just people.
Thankfully the alarm had been turned off by this point. But what is going on?
When I heard the Super was in the basement looking into I went down to ask him because for some reason everyone else was just standing there wondering what to do. So I went down to ask the Super and he said he didn't know what happened. All he knows is that something tripped the alarm but there was no fire and none of the fire alarm switches had been pulled.
So after reaching my target heart we had fun feeding our hungry baby and then going to bed.
1 comment:
sounds like you were prepared anyway!
it sucks that it was a false alarm- but thats also good as there is no fire damage etc.
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