False Alarm?
The fire alarm in my apartment block went off about half an hour ago. I spent about 2 minutes wondering where I’d kept my IC and whether I should switch off the electricity, which was followed by another minute or so putting on my long pants and getting my keys to unlock the door and gate. The alarm stopped about the same time as I got to the padlock. I walked out to have a look - no smoke; in fact, nobody around. The whole place was calm and quiet.
The incident reminded me of a story my Linguistics professor told in my first year in university. He told of how he’d set off the fire alarm one night at his university just to see who came out of whose room.
A few months later, we had a fire drill in our dorms. I was already up and getting ready for class so I continued and left with my books and all. Outside the dorm buildings, most students assembled were still in their jammies. Some walked out with someone from another part of the building. Go figure …
