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Max Harden ([personal profile] hawkida) wrote2002-04-08 04:32 pm
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Silence!

As a mark of respect, tomorrow I have been invited to join in two minutes' silence in remembrance of the Queen Mother. And this "invitation" is kind of compulsory, seeing as it's come from the owners of the building we work in.

The best bit, though, is the way they're going to mark the beginning and end of the two minutes. They're going to sound the fire alarm. The most irritating, high pitched, deafening, wailing siren you can imagine. I bet they can't stop it once they start it. They always have trouble handling it when they do the weekly tests and we all sit around wincing with our hands over our ears.

Maybe they're being ironic. I hope so.

[identity profile] ang-grrr.livejournal.com 2002-04-08 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Devalued in *your* place. At least once a week we are stood outside the building for half-an-hour because someone in chemistry forgot to put an extractor fan on.

Don't even talk to me about glass-blowers.