October 9th, 2012

Usage guidance for a popcorn machine in the kitchenette

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

My colleague KC Lemson tipped me off to a sign hanging next to a popcorn machine in one of the kitchens:

Please do not leave
popcorn kettle on
while unattended.
The fire truck will
come, and they don’t
want any popcorn.

🚒

A friend of mine happened to have a chat with a fire fighter who used to be assigned to the fire station nearest to Microsoft main campus. According to him, the top three reasons for being called to a Microsoft building are (in no particular order)

  • Burnt popcorn.
  • Somebody has a panic attack and mistakes it for a heart attack.
  • Somebody pulls the fire alarm because they are under a lot of stress because they missed a deadline, and they think pulling the fire alarm will buy them some time. (Where do they think they are, college?)

This week is Fire Prevention Week.

Category
Old New Thing
Topics
Non-Computer

Author

Raymond Chen

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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