Don't Push that Button!

That is what one of my co-workers learned the hard way about 5pm Thrusday evening. You've heard me talk about Jeff on here before, and we were up wrapping up our work day, and he was ready to log off, and leave for the weekend. Suddenly, he decided that he needed to log back in, so he pressed the combo of buttons to log back in, and as he was pushing the L button *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* incredibly loud buzzer went off. Jeff's eyes became as big as saucers. Somehow, with the combination of keystrokes on his machine, Jeff had set off the fire alarms. Of course, it freaked us out at first. I'm not a fan of fire alarms. They should start flashing, and slowly become louder, instead of paralyze you with fear when they start blasting. So, we grabbed our coats, and went outside. We then realized we were the only ones who left the building. As we were walking back to our offices, we noticed everyone still sitting inside theirs. No one evacuated. I said to my team members, "Look guys, I like my job here, but I'm not willing to die for it....I'm leaving." They all agreed, and we just called it the end of day, and Jeff just decided to take today off, he was so distraught. As it turned out, the alarm had actually been generated by construction on the south end of the building. We're as far away from it as humanly possible, but apparently there had been absolutely no smoke or fire. Our alarms are so sensitive, they go off on vibration caused to the building due to construction. They must be built to double as an earthquake detector.