While we all pondered whether or not to actually leave, our department head comes by and says something about setting a bag of popcorn on fire. HA! No way! Now we are all very amused and not the least bit worried about dying in a high-rise blaze. (Granted it's time to go home, but the elevators have been shut down and we are on the 35th floor.)
Apparently someone did call security to let them know what happened, but that didn't stop them from sending 17 (SEVENTEEN!) emergency vehicles to our building. (Although, you can only see 11 in this photo ... sorry for the sucky quality, but that's the best my iPhone could do from the window, at sundown.)
This is the person responsible (our boss), hiding in her office in shame.
5:35 pm - The firemen arrive on our floor. So thank goodness it wasn't a real fire, or we all would have been toast. I counted seven of them, but there may have been more. I was trying to be inconspicuous with the photo taking.
And here is the culprit. I wonder how much this bag of popcorn really cost in the end?
The biggest lesson learned was ... I am way too lazy to walk down 35 flights of stairs. And that popcorn only takes about 2 minutes to cook in our office.
P.S. The title comes from a coworker who called up to make sure we were all okay.
-- The B.S. Cafe is now serving popcorn ... well done.
5 comments:
That's funny! People are burning popcorn all the time in our office... which I don't understand because the "popcorn" button is accurate and doesn't burn the popcorn... I always use it. No fire fighters yet though... the most that's come of it is listening to a couple people bitch about the smell ALL afternoon! Personally I'd rather walk down 35 flights of stairs than listen to them bitch!!!
I'm willing to bet that was a very expensive bag of popcorn.
Nice job with the stealth photo taking.
Were the firemen hot?
Oh, yes. There were 6 cuties and one old guy. :)
I think this event should be brought up in her annual review as an area that needs some work, don't you?
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