My Quiet Sunday Morning
2004-03-18
2:30 PM
Ya ya, it's Thursday and I'm talking about Sunday. How time flies. I have been coming down with a cough or something. I'm either on the verge of beating it or just about to succumb to it.
So about Sunday. Late morning around 10 or so, I suppose. I was on my rigorously regimented bachelor's diet and heating up some leftover pizza when all of the sudden, the smoke detector goes off. Now keep in mind this is not the first time I've done this so I was very surprised by the noise. I rushed to get a ladder and try to fan the detector or push that button.
All of the sudden, the fire alarm for the ENTIRE condo went off and it was TREMENDOUSLY LOUD! I rushed downstairs to the front desk to tell them it might have been me and that there was no fire. They could not shut the alarm off! The firetruck came, firefighters went into my unit and saw no problem... and the alarm was still ON! It stayed on for over half an hour and when they managed to kill it, it didn't stay dead for a while. :( :(
Later that day, the security guard came by with a repair guy to fix my alarm. He told me I ruined his morning and insulted me for my suite's untidiness. C'mon guy, it's Sunday morning and I was going to clean up after breakfast. Where's the fire?