No, really, up until 1:30 today it was just fine.
But then I noticed that I was getting virus-ridden email on my PC. Yeesh. At least I run Eudora, even if I have to run it on a piece of crap Windows system.
So, I get rid of the cruft, and after a bit of IM discussion, I head off to the usual web sites to get my defs updated.
Then I suddenly hear nasty, nasty *LOUD* tone through my headphones. My lovely Sony Studio Monitor MDRV6 headphones, which should filter out anything. So my first worry is that something in the phones has gone nuts.
Nope--it's the effing fire alarm, going off. Oddly enough, there's no strobe for visual reference. Need to tell facilities about that. No worries about not noticing, though, since the harmonics are resonating through my head. People are out in the hall, heading out.
The sound finally cut off.
*sniff*
*sniff, sniff*
My *nose* is bleeding. Not badly, but it's *bleeding*. I go back to my office, pinch the nose, put some cold wet paper towels on the whole thing, and get *that* taken care of.
Then another set of really, really annoying noises, and an announcement that the evac alarm was bogus. Well, I hope so. Back to virus prevention.
But I'm beginning to wonder about this office. I've sliced both hands open in the office, and now my nose bleeds. Seems to be a rather bloodthirsty place to work...
Posted by lsefton at February 23, 2004 08:59 PM