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Fri Sep 24, 2004 10:39 am
I monitor and dispatch for security systems, in both homes and businesses. The homes are not as bad, but there are some businesses that have a daily screw-up schedule. A couple days ago, we got a burglar alarm from some health club. I called in to check on things, and it turns out the regular instructor went on vacation, and had a substitute that day. Unfortunately, he forgot to mention to her the fact that there was an alarm system installed. He also forgot to tell her what the password was. Needless to say, the police, who I ws required by protocol to dispatch, were very unhappy. You wouldn't beleive how many people forget their passwords and then yell at me for not having them on record somewhere.
Or how about the guy who called in to warn us that the fire alarms we were about to receive from him were false. He just couldn't figure out why it kept going off. Then he mentioned that he was both smoking AND painting in the same room as the fire sensor. Wow! You think maybe a sensor that is set off by particles and smoke would go off if, you know, paint fumes or smoke got into it. Well, I would, but aparently this guy didn't.
Sometimes I just want to remind people how stupid they are and how sad it makes me to think that there are people like them repopulating this world.