Fire Alarm
I took a variety of safety classes when I was a kid. Here is what I remember getting out of them:
I think this last one probably came from something like, “Most fires happen at night, so it’s important that you know what to do.” My brain translated that into, “You must stay awake until 4 a.m., at which point the danger greatly diminishes, and you can safely go to sleep without being burned to death.” It also meant that each evening I stacked my most important possessions in a pile in the garage, right along my planned evacuation path. This included my Little House on the Prairie books, my teddy bear, and a glittery unicorn sticker. It’s important to be prepared for the worst. Oh, how I wished our house had already burned down so it could be over with and I could relax.
My preparedness level is sorely lacking nowadays, which is why when the fire alarm went off at work I was stuck without both my sunglasses AND my picture-a-day camera (my phone). Lucky for you I had my laptop so I could take these high quality pictures with Photo Booth.
- Stop, drop, and roll
- Don’t ever turn the handle of the pot of boiling water out where people can knock into it and die a horrible, scalded death.
- We can replace your lunchbox when the bus runs over it – we can’t replace you. So don’t throw yourself under a bus if you drop something.
- Everybody has to have their house burn down once in their lives, and it usually happens between 1 and 4 a.m.
I think this last one probably came from something like, “Most fires happen at night, so it’s important that you know what to do.” My brain translated that into, “You must stay awake until 4 a.m., at which point the danger greatly diminishes, and you can safely go to sleep without being burned to death.” It also meant that each evening I stacked my most important possessions in a pile in the garage, right along my planned evacuation path. This included my Little House on the Prairie books, my teddy bear, and a glittery unicorn sticker. It’s important to be prepared for the worst. Oh, how I wished our house had already burned down so it could be over with and I could relax.
My preparedness level is sorely lacking nowadays, which is why when the fire alarm went off at work I was stuck without both my sunglasses AND my picture-a-day camera (my phone). Lucky for you I had my laptop so I could take these high quality pictures with Photo Booth.
The fire truck came. Apparently there was no fire -- a sensor was bad. Exciting.
Why are all the pictures such horrible quality? Come on, Macbook Air.
This one was an accident. I couldn't see the screen.