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It is always funny when.....part II Saturday morning 07 April 9am, I am getting the photo radar vehicle ready to go on deployment. Equipment check, forms, blah, blah. Almost ready to head out and another member comes in and says he needs my help, the automatic overhead door in the cell bay area wont work, he got it open using the chain, but would like to fix it before he leaves. It is a secure area. We checked the door, the motor for any shut-off or reset buttons. We tried the outside key lock, the inside key lock. Listened for any clicks or other noises when he turned the key. Nothing. Checked off and on switches on the wall. Above the open/close key operated switch is a BIG red button. "Could it be a reset button" I asked, "don't know he says", push it. Ok, I push it and nothing happened. "I will go into the cell area and see if there is an electrical panel" I said. I open the door with my key and hear a muffled alarm down the hall. Of course, as I go, I notice a BIG red button at the guard desk, Big red buttons between every two cell doors as I head down the hall. Before I get to the door it pops open and as three officers barge in, the noise from the outside hall is deafening. "Whats going on, whats happening, is this a drill or for real" the lead officer asks. "Bay door is broken and we are looking for a reset switch" I said. On the outside hall wall is a BIG green button that one of the officer pushes and all is quite. Seems I set off a panic alarm. Oh well, off to work. Upon return to the station at 6pm, I notice ALL the Big red buttons have been covered with big Xs of caution tape. As I enter the office area all heads turn my way, a few whistles and clapping, and the shift officer (jokingly) calls out, "and keep away from the fire alarms too. Oh yes, when it happens to some one else it is funny, but when it happens to you, it sure can be embarrassing. And the reason the door would not work, someone pulled down a shut off chain on the motor. |
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4/9/2012 12:45 pm |
Third hour of the day and I was on a roll! I had every kid in class staring at me...I was HOT hot hot...their undivided attention....except for one little chit in the front row: "Pssst...Mr S! Pssssst...Mr S...." Finally I snapped...I'd had enough..he was interrupting my pearls of wisdom! "What do you WANT!" I said in my meanest, loudest teacher voice. "I've been trying to tell you all period," he replied, just as loudly..."That your FLY is open!" Yep...been there!!! Just because you have silenced a man does not mean you have changed his mind.
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4/9/2012 9:11 am |
The interview rooms in one of the offices I managed had "panic buttons" in them. I can't remember how many times some little kid would find it and "see" what it was. Like yours getting it turned off was was much more complicated process. Like Mrs. Joe.s son most of us couldn't remember the code quick enough. In case of a true crisis a true crisis, the alarm sound was so loud and obnoxious everyone would have fled the building just to make it stop. Spiritwoman ^i^
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LOLOLOLOLOLOL
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We all make mistakes, me more than most. I've been in more than my fair share of embarrassing situations. This is a very amusing story Dinty.  Alfie...
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 Was this you? Great story!
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4/9/2012 3:49 am |
Its great to be able to laugh about it all dinty. I learned to laugh at myself a long time ago. 
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