Up in Smoke
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It was another long, dull morning at the office. Fortunately, the afternoon proved to be quite a bit more interesting. While I was examining an issue reported by one of our beta users; I heard some shouting about a fire from one end of the building. Popping my head up like a good, office gopher; I saw some people rushing about, the overhead lights that was were off and the safety lights were on. Shortly after that I was told a fan in one of the bathrooms had caught on fire, burning/melting some of the plastic of the fan. There was only a little bit of smoke right then and the fire had been put out so I went back to work. Then the smoke got worse and I stood with some co-workers near an exit with the door open to the outside for fresh air. We stayed inside as it had also just started to rain. A few minutes later, we heard sirens and were told to either go to the top floor of the building or outside. I opted to stand outside. After we were out there for something like 20 minutes; we were told to go home for the day. Which was a sweet 90 minutes early, but I had a fearsome headache presumably from the chemical fumes off the burning plastic. What a day.
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heather: i love dannon coffee yogurt. other brands can't seem to get coffee flavor right. yoplait has a cappucino that is gross and brown cow's coffee yogurt is repulsive.
i can totally see how this is a love it or hate it thing though. the coffee flavor has a tartness to it that is distinctly a yogurt
Stu: I've just had the same problem; it's caused by the brake pedal switch. This switch can be adjusted so that it works properly. Worst possible case is that the switch would need to be replaced. Fortunately all I had to do was adjust the switch's plunger.
jenny: im eating it as i type now, i just tried my first cup and i agree, it is pretty disgusting looking, and it does taste like coffee mixed with sour cream ugh. But im too cheap to throw it away too ahahah. p.s. my first time here, i think you're hilarious xD
Derek: Just because Thomas Jefferson was not a Christian, doesn't mean he was very knowledgeable on how a government should be properly conducted... after all, he was the key author of the Declaration! Whats your point?!?
I have ZERO respect for anyone running our country today, so YES I will appeal to a
AEK: We can only hope it's taken with a grain of salt...a shot of tequila and a lime : )
July 25th, 2006 at 5:17 pm
And naturally on a day with all this excitement, it would also happen to be the day I did not strap my camera to my belt before leaving the apartment this morning. *sigh*
July 26th, 2006 at 4:52 pm
Oh, I should probably also mention that nobody was hurt during the fire. Though several of us were coughing pretty hard.
July 26th, 2006 at 10:40 pm
Hey, so was this “long, dull morning” at your old job or your new job? Just curious.
July 27th, 2006 at 12:44 pm
What a pathetic corporate attempt to cash in on insurance before shutting down a location.
July 27th, 2006 at 1:30 pm
@Dan: This was at the old job. The new job doesn’t start until next week.
@Ken: They don’t own the building and besides the damage was so very minimal that we were working in the office the next day.
July 27th, 2006 at 11:04 pm
I must admit to being curious who you’ll be working for as a data analyst. Is it in the IC/Coralville area? If you feel like sharing, drop me a line. I recently did a job transition myself.