My apartment's fire alarm tends to get triggered by rain. Usually at early o'clock in the morning. In fact, this one woke me up at 3:30am today. Even if it's just a false alarm, I like to leave just in case I can catch the eye of a hot fireman who goes for bedraggled young women in curlers it's an actual fire.
Well, I tried to get out anyways. To tell the short version of the story, there is one door that lets me leave. It's supposed to have a safety mechanism where the doorknob unlocks the lock IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE. Mine broke. So, I'm literally trapped in my apartment.
In all of my brilliance, I grabbed my toolkit and popped the faceplate off. According to the maintenance guy and the apartment manager, I was darn close to getting it open. I finally gave in around 5:30am and called the emergency hotline.
They were fantastic! The response time wasn't super, but they got that puppy replaced super quick.
I waited until it was all said and done to panic. I called my SO and bawled my eyes out. Being trapped is my number one fear ever since I got trapped in a shed for like two hours when I was a little kid.
Building management was great to me too. They got me coffee and comended me on not doing a Chicken Little ("Gaw, if that was me, I would have been panicking!!!eleventy!). Also, told me to call the fire department next time lol
It's been a little over 12 hours, I'm overcaffeinated and in desperate need of a nap. Off to Happy Hour I go!
Well, I tried to get out anyways. To tell the short version of the story, there is one door that lets me leave. It's supposed to have a safety mechanism where the doorknob unlocks the lock IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE. Mine broke. So, I'm literally trapped in my apartment.
In all of my brilliance, I grabbed my toolkit and popped the faceplate off. According to the maintenance guy and the apartment manager, I was darn close to getting it open. I finally gave in around 5:30am and called the emergency hotline.
They were fantastic! The response time wasn't super, but they got that puppy replaced super quick.
I waited until it was all said and done to panic. I called my SO and bawled my eyes out. Being trapped is my number one fear ever since I got trapped in a shed for like two hours when I was a little kid.
Building management was great to me too. They got me coffee and comended me on not doing a Chicken Little ("Gaw, if that was me, I would have been panicking!!!eleventy!). Also, told me to call the fire department next time lol
It's been a little over 12 hours, I'm overcaffeinated and in desperate need of a nap. Off to Happy Hour I go!
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