~ Fire Drill? ~

by Tina~in_ut

Wednesday morning at 9:45am, I received an email from one of the ladies in the Master Control Room (MCR) asking me to come over at 10:45am. It FREAKED.......ME.......OUT!!!! I asked my boss what he thought it was about. He said that Norm, our Call Center Director, you know....the big boss!!!, probably wanted to talk to me. I know he was just saying that to scare me, but it worked. Not five minutes later, Norm came by and said he wanted to talk to me NOW! I told him NO! (I really did!!!) Of course I went with him into the closest office and he closed the door.....NOT a good sign. I was racking my brain trying to think of what I did wrong! Then he told me that we were having a fire drill at 11am, and they usually pick one rep to pull the alarm. (I didn't know this!) My birthday was the closest to that day, so I was chosen.

Do you know that feeling you get of absolute pure relief? Your legs feel like jelly and you just want to pee? That's how I felt. I was so happy that I wasn't in trouble. Then he hit me with the rest of it! He wanted to have a little fun. (get your minds outta the gutter! ewwww!) Norm thought it would be funny if afterwards, he sent out pictures of the "culprit" who pulled the alarm and of them getting "arrested!"

Here is the first email he sent after the fire drill:

Sorry about the disruptive fire alarm which resulted in all of you being forced outside on such a blustery, wet day. We have reviewed the cameras throughout the building and found something disturbing.......

Anyone recognize this person?



The department I work in is very small. We are all very close. When that email went out to everyone, one of the girls on my team roared with laughter. She was so loud and couldn't stop. I stood up and told her to shut up because little did she know.....she was the second choice to do this! Her birthday is next week! That shut her up real quick! I was about to sit back down and looked across the way and saw two reps I didn't know staring at me as if to say, "OMG!!! THAT'S HER!!!" I just smiled and shook my head. ......btw....it was a gorgeous day and not a cloud in the sky!~

About a half hour later, Norm sent the second email:

Thanks to all 147 of you who helped me identify "your friend" Tina....



Yes it was silly, but so many people stopped by just to laugh. Friends of mine who work from home emailed me and those who don't know me, called in to find out "what in the heck was going on in the office!" With such a stressful job, it's fun to just laugh once in a while~