Our work place has a large cafeteria, and when you enter, there is a long half circle counter top that runs about 50 feet, with stations for grill, pizza, sandwich's, salads, the lunch special, and Mexican food. Standing in line in the salad area, and talking to a coworker about some work things, he stopped me from talking, and turned to speak to another woman walking up behind us. As I turned to see who it was, I noticed this man stare at us from across the way in the grill area. he noticed me looking back at him and nervously quit, and we went on to order lunch-ahh, fresh made shrimp Cesar salad...OK, so now we each head out tot the cashiers station, which are these checkout stations with a counter to slide your tray on each side. Again, mister stare is there, across from us in line. I did what I usually do when I don't know what else to do, and slightly smile...what a dope! The guy follows me to the silver wear and condiments island, and says ( I am not exaggerating) "Have we worked together before?" As I turn to say "I doubt it", I realize his stare is at my chest. ..So I say "Hi, my face is up here, OK?" I said it loud enough that people coming up to the island started laughing... this would have been enough, but there is more, read on...
My friends and I went out to the patio to eat, and were about half way through, when I hear this electronic chirping, joined by another then another , until finally there were several..and it dawned on us that this was the fire alarm! We ate like crazy, gazing at the sliding doors that separate the dining room from the patio, until a aamane know from our floor came out and yelled, "I think you might want to leave now", as he left the patio through the emergency gate. As we made our way to the gate, the sliding glass doors opened I could here " This is not a drill- for your safety, please follow the emergency exit signs and leave the building" Enough of this, we made our way to the rally point ( which i have no idea where it is, so my coworkers take me there). We were looking around wondering what was going on, and i said " I hear sirens" and here comes (from two directions) several fire trucks, followed by a couple of police cars. What got me kinda worried was when this big firetruck that stopped across the street from us and parked in the middle of the street... like this one
Fortunately, after about 20 minutes they walked around the area with loudspeakers saying it was OK, go back in.
How could all this happen before noon...I should bbblog this...
What a day...
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