I am sitting at work today and everyone is at lunch. That is when I heard it.
“Bang…bang…Bang”
I look to my left and I don’t see anything. I get back to what I was working on and then I hear it again.
“Bang…bang…bang…Bang”
I get up and go over to the other side of the office begin to investigate. That is when I heard it again. I saw it was the metal floor heater thing and actually saw it move. I totally freaked out thinking there was a giant rat, squirrel, who knows what trapped in there and wanting out. I kicked it and it “banged” again. I ran back to the other side of the office and called the facilities guy.
“Hi this is “Siren” help me there is some beast trapped in the floor heater and it keeps banging trying to get out. Hurry before it gets out and attacks me.”
Ten minutes later I am on top of my desk watching, two guys from facilities show up. They waited and watched and then it happened again.
“Bang Bang”
I point at the heater and they start laughing at me, I glared at them as if to say…this is not a time for jokes!!! They assure me it is safe so I get off the desk and they proceed to explain that the pipes in there expand and the pressure is what is making the banging noise, when it happens again all I have to do is turn this bleeder valve thingy and it will stop. So they turn it for me this time, since I am still a little leery about sticking my hand anywhere near that thing. They left thanking me for the funniest thing that has happened to them in a while. Later that day, I had 3 other people ask me about the floor heater in the first floor office, I guess news travels fast.
How was I supposed to know…ugh!
“Bang…bang…Bang”
I look to my left and I don’t see anything. I get back to what I was working on and then I hear it again.
“Bang…bang…bang…Bang”
I get up and go over to the other side of the office begin to investigate. That is when I heard it again. I saw it was the metal floor heater thing and actually saw it move. I totally freaked out thinking there was a giant rat, squirrel, who knows what trapped in there and wanting out. I kicked it and it “banged” again. I ran back to the other side of the office and called the facilities guy.
“Hi this is “Siren” help me there is some beast trapped in the floor heater and it keeps banging trying to get out. Hurry before it gets out and attacks me.”
Ten minutes later I am on top of my desk watching, two guys from facilities show up. They waited and watched and then it happened again.
“Bang Bang”
I point at the heater and they start laughing at me, I glared at them as if to say…this is not a time for jokes!!! They assure me it is safe so I get off the desk and they proceed to explain that the pipes in there expand and the pressure is what is making the banging noise, when it happens again all I have to do is turn this bleeder valve thingy and it will stop. So they turn it for me this time, since I am still a little leery about sticking my hand anywhere near that thing. They left thanking me for the funniest thing that has happened to them in a while. Later that day, I had 3 other people ask me about the floor heater in the first floor office, I guess news travels fast.
How was I supposed to know…ugh!
That was so kind of you to play damsel in distress. You let those men believe they were heroes.
ReplyDelete^ She stole my comment. I'll say something different then.
ReplyDelete"It was so nice of you to freak out so no-one else had to embarrass themselves. You are a real life saver to some co-worker there Siren"
haha, poor thing! I would have thought the same, don't feel bad!
ReplyDeleteDM ~ On Mondays it is so much easier to make "HERO" status in my book, besides the one is kinda good looking. I may have had a ulterior motive for my hidden agenda.
ReplyDeleteAlpha ~ Yeah, the girl thats desk it next to the heater would have freaked out too, the building is nice, but old, I did not even know the floor heaters were still being used, especally when we went in that morning and there was no heat. It was a crazy day.
Petra ~ I was ok until i saw the metal cover move. When I saw that I had to call in the "big guns" anyway, it was monday, glad to make someone smile even if it was at my expense.
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ReplyDeletebet those guys came back after you left that evening and removed the giant rat they had stashed in there. pranksters, they be!
ReplyDeleteWondy - Thanks I will go check it out.
ReplyDeleteNooter - I bet you are right!
Better to call someone else to check out a potential rodent than to investigate yourself!
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ReplyDeleteyour posts are really funny