Sometimes I wonder….

I’d be really pissed off right now, but frankly, I’m too bemused.

There are fire alarms littered profusely throughout this building which is great – none of them are a problem except for 1, which is located in one of the kitchens, directly above the toaster….

Some idiot burnt his toast today which meant that the entire building had to be evacuated.

This raises some issues for me -

First of all our designated fire escape was LOCKED – yes, you read that correctly… we couldn’t use our fire escape because the doors were locked … and no one has a key… so, in the case of a real fire, we’ll all just burn, shall we??? Some serious safety issues right there…

Naturally, we had to go over to the other fire escape ... Now, these fire escape stairs are like no others I have ever seen before - and just for the record, I’ve seen a few and for a variety of reasons - most fire escapes are pretty bare – concrete or brick walls & steps with plain metal railings. These ones were different…. They had wooden railings and they were carpeted.

What a great idea! Lets put something flammable in the fire escape !!!!!

Now, call me crazy (OI! It was a turn of phrase!), but I wouldn’t have thought that was such a hot idea (sorry, couldn't help myself). I like to know that if I’m running down the fire escape from level 5 because there’s a fire on level 2, I’m not going to meet the flames halfway down.

Crazy crazy people.