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keladry_lupin) wrote2008-12-15 05:11 pm
keladry_lupin) wrote2008-12-15 05:11 pm
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Freezing at work today. Pulled out a space heater I haven't used in months and turned it on. Lovely smell of burning dust, but I kept the thermostat turned down at first.
Then I nudged it up. No more burning dust smell, and it works very well.
Up again.
Yet again.
Four hours after I plugged the heater in and started it, the fire alarm went off. Migraine-inducing strobe lights and a piercing, high-pitched noise. The entire law school is now on alert; final examsare were going on all over campus. I nudged the thermostat down and emerged from my cubicle. Figured it'd be best to be up front and asked JD (head boss) if my space heater could have caused it. My heart nearly stopped when he said it might.
Ten minutes later, he came back from the facilities department and told us it was a proctor who nudged one of the alarm triggers.
That was fun.
Then I nudged it up. No more burning dust smell, and it works very well.
Up again.
Yet again.
Four hours after I plugged the heater in and started it, the fire alarm went off. Migraine-inducing strobe lights and a piercing, high-pitched noise. The entire law school is now on alert; final exams
Ten minutes later, he came back from the facilities department and told us it was a proctor who nudged one of the alarm triggers.
That was fun.