What's that...oh just a car that rammed into the building....okay carry on.

The day the Fire Dept came.

This was a few years ago, but it was so hilarious that I have to share.

One day around 12:55 the fire alarm started going off, many people were just returning from lunch, and others were still at lunch so this was not the time for a fire drill. So I gather my stuff and head for the exit. When I get to the breezeway that separates the two sides of the office I see "crazy cat lady" standing there with a charred bag of popcorn. The bag had obviously been lit on fire, and there she was eating it, eating black charred popcorn looking all confused about the fire alarm.
Instantly everyone knew who the culprit was, it was "crazy cat lady" (CCL). So finally CCL's supervisor convinces her to go outside and toss the popcorn. At this point we're all lining up in our respective fire drill spots, and the medical office that is below our office is evacuating patients. That's right, elderly folks who were just trying to get some more meds were being evacuated as well.
So the fire department shows up, lights and siren to the fire....but there is no fire. There were no supervisors with the key to shut off the alarm there...cause they were at lunch. There's no way they would return from lunch early...I mean come on.
So the fire department shows up just to turn off the alarm....now that's a good use of tax dollars.
We all file back into the office, and resume our daily activities. Literally 5 minutes later, we have no less than 5 emails telling us how to properly cook popcorn, from the office manager, different supervisors, and the building management company.
At one point there was speculation of a popcorn ban...but it was met with outrage...so it didn't happen.

Um..that's a womens jacket

So a week or so ago one of my co-workers, who will now forever be referred to as "women's jacket guy" wore a jacket that was clearly women's clothing.
Now he doesn't typically wear women's clothing, which is why this was comical. Had he just been a cross dresser it would have been normal but he is not (as far as I know) a cross dresser.
So his jacket, was beige micro-suede, with tailored seams on the back...you know the kind that flatter a women's figure. And the jacket had a nice decorative zipper pull, not your typical manly zipper but a nice silver long engraved zipper pull. The zipper pull was the deciding factor in whether or not it was a mans jacket.
Anyhow, all day I could not stop thinking of that episode of the office where Michael wore the women's suit with the hot pink lining made by "miss terious"...ahh if only I had been able to see the label on the jacket....maybe next time he wears it I'll ask him where he got it.

Hello my name is

Hello my name is Employee, I'll go by EE for short, welcome to my blog!
A bit about me, I'm an employee of a government agency, I deal with the public but only over the phone (thank God for that), however we do have bullet proof glass in our reception area. My co-workers are also government employees, and as you'd imagine we're a quirky bunch. Just like those you meet at the DMV or where ever else government employees work we're typically odd. I like to consider myself the exception to this rule, as I'm pretty cool....but that's just my opinion.
Anyhow, this blog will chronicle the many exciting things that happen in my office. Now I know exciting (aka crazy) things don't happen every day but I have a few stories stored in my memory banks to keep you entertained until good stuff happens.
So stay tuned.