To the dumbass in my building who tripped the fire alarm:
You must be a special kind of stupid if you think a smoke machine at your halloween party was a good idea. I hope you’re proud of yourself for making the entire building evacuate in the dead of night. I know the people with the new born who were able to grab a pack of wipes and vaseline and a few diapers before wrapping their baby up in a blanket sure were. The older lady wearing only her nightgown and bathrobe who could barely get around WITH assistance was too. In fact, I’m sure the other couple hundred residents wanted to give you a big cookie for all your efforts.
And as someone who was about to get into the shower, having to run around for something to wear, thinking the building’s on fire, wondering where the fuck my cats were I’d just like to give you this little piece of love: go fuck yourself with a splintery fucking stick. It’s either that or my foot up your ass if I ever find out who the fuck you are.
—Pretty KittyThis article appears in Oct 29 – Nov 4, 2009.
Wow PK…that is legitimately AWFUL!! Holy shit..I can’t even imagine…I feel like there has to be some basic IQ test protecting fire alarms these days.
What a bag of douche.
This is awful! One of the many reasons I absolutely hate apartment buildings! Too many leotards!
there should be intelligence screening for smoke machine purchase/rentals
There should be a new charge in the Criminal Code – Stupidity.
This is the exact reason I’m renting a flat now. Dumbassery such as this was far too common in my previous building.
check fire dept. they can tell you which apt. set off alarm at your place of abode. seeing as they have the main panel in lobby, and have to write a report on it. it will be in there, betcha,and too bad i couldn’t have been there to loan you my jacket to cover up, wow.
The perps coulda spent 5 minutes disconnecting the alarm from the electric source/battery and the whole situation could have been avoided. Dumbasses.
You could’ve just gone outside naked – it was pretty mild last night anyway.
Just wondering PK… If you don’t know who they are, how do you know it was a smoke machine that set it off?
Super told me.
Wouldn’t say who it was though.
Great idea BroTim, but then we would run out of space in jails and prisons….But it would be nice to charge some ppl with Stupidity!! I would even pay a fee for that shit!
If people were imprisoned for all the dumb but not quite illegal things they’ve done in their life, I’d be locked away for a very long time!
One thing I don’t get with some people, though, is that they are so keen to point out and play up others’ stupidity, but try to cover up and downplay their own. A bit hypocritical.
A good example is with driving: someone pulls out right in front and cuts you off, you tend to get a bit upset, call that person a “fucking idiot,” maybe honk your horn, etc. But when you’re the one waiting for twenty minutes to make a left turn onto Quinpool Road at 4:30 Friday afternoon… (which in itself may not be too bright, I know). With me personally, I’m just a bit clumsy, don’t always think things through as much as I should sometimes, and take silly risks. I wouldn’t necessarily say I’m stupid though. Risk-taking, in fact, is a big part of how society advances! I bet lots of people thought Benjamin Franklin was “stupid” for flying a kite during a thunder storm, or that Al Gore was stupid for inventing the Internet.
Could it also be an honest mistake by a person whom felt awful after the event? You all mean to tell me you’ve never made a mistake yourselves? albeit this was a doosie… Still…
Be happy it wasnt a real fire caused by a real idiot and get on with it… Think of the inconvienience of having some moron set a fire in the woods causing you to be evacuated from your home with no chance to obtain valuables… That’s a real problem…
sorry PK, bad mood i guess, lol… I do agree with that being annoying, guess I had some pent up aggression for the firebugs out there…