Have you ever wondered for SURE whether vaping would set off a fire alarm? I've wondered, but never bothered doing my research mainly because I figured it was impossible. I would've put money on the fact. Well it's not. Here's my proof. This happened about an hour ago at work.
There's a good 200 people out of frame and behind me. A mixture of two corporations including the one I work for. Each and every one of them wondering why for the first time the fire alarm actually went off. Realizing that the system actually works.
This all went down when they changed our break policy and made the stretches longer. I can't go 3 hours without hitting my vape! So I did what I usually do; Excuse myself to the single occupant restroom and vape on... Well I built my first 24 gauge dual twisted coil last night .20 ohms and had my Rx200 set to 60 watts. :::dripdripdrip::: took about 7 or 8 pulls off the RDA, washed my hands and then it happens. The fire alarm starts flashing followed by a loud annoying siren. I take a long hard look in the mirror and say to myself "No... No no no... That was not ME! This is some sort of coincidence." I was partly convinced. I quickly tuck my bulky rx200 as inconspicuously as I can back into my pocket and take another quick glance into the mirror. I walk out and I'm greeted by a fellow colleague who sees through the hidden look of "oh fuck, I actually did this" in my face and he starts laughing as he knows my daily ritual. We make a B line for the emergency back door exit and I quietly confess to him that I think that this may have been me. He tells me to relax and by the time anybody makes it to the bathroom the vapor will be gone. I cling to his words and hope he's right. I can hear the fire departments sirens in the distance. I mingle with people around me as we complain about stupid things like how cold it is outside and gawk at the owners new Tesla.
Not long after, the FD arrives and as each minute passes I become more assured that the vapor will be gone (though it doesn't help that there is no ventilation fan in there and it's a small bathroom.) Finally, they call us back in. Everything is clear. False alarm. A tsunami of relief flushes across my body and we walk back to our desks and it's back to fixing stupid XFINITY customers' problems.
My supervisor and I are pretty tight. He's as fed up with this place as I am. I tell myself that in a weeks time I will tell him as nobody will give a shit by then and I know he'll have a good laugh. About 20 mins later he walks in and he can't keep it together. He gives me a look holding back his laughter and I just nod my head yes. He bursts into hysterics and says he knows because they just checked the cameras and they have me walking out of the bathroom "holding my vape"--which is complete Bullshit. I'm always discreet on these bathroom sessions. He tells me that the owner of the company knows and my boss and his boss need to speak with me. I get ushered into my boss' boss' office and we shut the door. He has a huge smirk and shakes his head. Reminds me about the company policy and I'm told if I'm caught vaping on the property again I'd be terminated which we all knew was Bullshit because I carry a lot of weight in this dept. I explain myself, fib a little bit about how many hits I took, and here I am on lunch--freezing my ass off outside dripping some bomb ass juice typing this all while the owner and CEO see me from their executive view windows chucking monster clouds and I'm loving it.
So yeah. Be careful. I'm investing in a micro vacuum next.
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There's a good 200 people out of frame and behind me. A mixture of two corporations including the one I work for. Each and every one of them wondering why for the first time the fire alarm actually went off. Realizing that the system actually works.
This all went down when they changed our break policy and made the stretches longer. I can't go 3 hours without hitting my vape! So I did what I usually do; Excuse myself to the single occupant restroom and vape on... Well I built my first 24 gauge dual twisted coil last night .20 ohms and had my Rx200 set to 60 watts. :::dripdripdrip::: took about 7 or 8 pulls off the RDA, washed my hands and then it happens. The fire alarm starts flashing followed by a loud annoying siren. I take a long hard look in the mirror and say to myself "No... No no no... That was not ME! This is some sort of coincidence." I was partly convinced. I quickly tuck my bulky rx200 as inconspicuously as I can back into my pocket and take another quick glance into the mirror. I walk out and I'm greeted by a fellow colleague who sees through the hidden look of "oh fuck, I actually did this" in my face and he starts laughing as he knows my daily ritual. We make a B line for the emergency back door exit and I quietly confess to him that I think that this may have been me. He tells me to relax and by the time anybody makes it to the bathroom the vapor will be gone. I cling to his words and hope he's right. I can hear the fire departments sirens in the distance. I mingle with people around me as we complain about stupid things like how cold it is outside and gawk at the owners new Tesla.
Not long after, the FD arrives and as each minute passes I become more assured that the vapor will be gone (though it doesn't help that there is no ventilation fan in there and it's a small bathroom.) Finally, they call us back in. Everything is clear. False alarm. A tsunami of relief flushes across my body and we walk back to our desks and it's back to fixing stupid XFINITY customers' problems.
My supervisor and I are pretty tight. He's as fed up with this place as I am. I tell myself that in a weeks time I will tell him as nobody will give a shit by then and I know he'll have a good laugh. About 20 mins later he walks in and he can't keep it together. He gives me a look holding back his laughter and I just nod my head yes. He bursts into hysterics and says he knows because they just checked the cameras and they have me walking out of the bathroom "holding my vape"--which is complete Bullshit. I'm always discreet on these bathroom sessions. He tells me that the owner of the company knows and my boss and his boss need to speak with me. I get ushered into my boss' boss' office and we shut the door. He has a huge smirk and shakes his head. Reminds me about the company policy and I'm told if I'm caught vaping on the property again I'd be terminated which we all knew was Bullshit because I carry a lot of weight in this dept. I explain myself, fib a little bit about how many hits I took, and here I am on lunch--freezing my ass off outside dripping some bomb ass juice typing this all while the owner and CEO see me from their executive view windows chucking monster clouds and I'm loving it.
So yeah. Be careful. I'm investing in a micro vacuum next.
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