Our super duper brand new fire alarm went off today and nobody knew what to do. I was glad that I understood what the automated announcer was saying “There is a fire in the gym. There is a fire in the gym”, but when I looked around the staff room was full of blank faces. This told me it was no drill but nobody was moving either!
A few teachers crowded around the fire system and pressed various buttons so that we then had the message and sirens. Still nobody moved. The vice-principle came, then the secretaries, then a few more teachers. There were lots of “umm’s” are “arr’s” until finally the vice principle came back and gave it a few whacks.
Five minutes later they managed to switch it off and everyone went back to work. I can’t wait until the earthquake alarm goes off. I think I’ll still crouch under my desk just to be sure!
An old friend from school just dug out this old picture. I think it was taken around 1992 when I was part of the netball team in primary school. We were the undefeated league and tournament champions. I hadn’t seen this in 14 years! I am getting old!
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