Fire alarms

What is it about a fire alarm at work that causes us to immediately act as if it’s ruining our lives? We’re having such an “incredibly busy!” day and now all of our work is going to be delayed and our schedule is going to be so out of whack, when in reality you were just checking youtube for the newest funny baby-laugh videos. Fire alarms - WHAT A NUISANCE! You mean we have to get up and EXIT the building? And I have to use the STAIRS? You sigh loudly so everyone can hear, yet in reality you secretly relish the possibility of excitement and danger. What if this isn’t a false alarm? What if the building will be in flames in the next 5 minutes? (Is my computer insured?) Will the fire department bring the cool truck with the ladder and the man that has to drive the back end of the truck with a separate steering wheel? What would I do tomorrow if work didn’t exist? (I’d lay out by the pool, but I might have 3rd degree burns from the fire, and that would hurt, so maybe not.) You continue to think these completely random, implausible thoughts as you now quickly sprint down the stairs and forget that 1 minute ago you were annoyed with the whole situation. But, alas, in the end, the cool fire truck didn’t come, the building is all in one piece, you have to come to work tomorrow, and the loony that pulled the alarm did it because he burned a bag of popcorn in the microwave. And as you head back up to your office, you begin to hear loud sounds of babies laughing and think –

OH, CRAP.