A few days ago, while we were eating breakfast in our hotel room, the fire alarms went off. We jumped up and got out of the room. Of course, the elevators were off and other people were filing down the stairs.
It was slow going downstairs. Not everybody was fit as a fiddle and able to run down the stairs. We couldn't smell smoke.
When we got outside, a lot of folks, some with their dogs and a couple carrying their potted tropical plants, were milling around in the parking lot. There were a lot more people in the hotel than we thought. Several were filming the event with their smartphones.
In our haste to get out of the building, I had left my smartphone in our room. We had also left our car keys there.
Ironically, many remembered their cigarettes and had a smoke.
The fire truck seemed to take a long time getting there. The nearest fire station is not that far away. They pulled into the parking lot and a couple of firefighters got out, looking a little bored. They walked in there. A few minutes later, they walked out, looking even more bored.
Everybody re-entered the hotel. A hotel employee said it was a false alarm and everything was OK. Most people hung out in the lobby, waiting for breakfast-another point of irony since, if there had been a fire, the kitchen might have been a likely place for it to start.
It was the first time we were ever in such a situation. We can do without it.
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