Fire drills are normally executed to measure the time taken by the inmates of the building for the evacuation in case of emergency situations. Fire drills usually commence with a very agitating alarm sound. The supposed situation may also be one of the applications of "conditioned reflex" theory of Pavlov ( the famous theory of dog salivation where it trained to have food after the ringing of a bell), only in a behavioral aspect though, in the sense, one should interpret that the agitating alarm is indeed a fire alarm and should evacuate the building immediately. But what if the fire alarms ring in the middle of the night?
There has been more than two fire alarms per month, in the residence university building where I live currently, most of them after 9pm. I respected the alarm, and used to vacate the building every time it breaks. Of late I woke up twice in the middle of the night (2am, 3:30am) by a fire alarm which was on for fifteen minutes. Once, out of over-respect to the alarm, I came out of my building in the chilly french night, only to find nobody outside. I felt like a hungry dog cheated by Pavlov followers, where the bell rung but without a trace of a food particle. Well, that does not mean that I want the building burn down to ashes, but my agony was that nobody was outside except me. Another day, I ignored the alarm which tried to disturb me around 3:30am. I acted like a deaf politician who ignores the constant vexation of the people. Now, I have been trained that the alarm is for a fire drill, but I will respond to it only when I hear the convulsions and screams of a mob and smell the burning smoke. At the same time let me hope that God does not play dice with my building.
There has been more than two fire alarms per month, in the residence university building where I live currently, most of them after 9pm. I respected the alarm, and used to vacate the building every time it breaks. Of late I woke up twice in the middle of the night (2am, 3:30am) by a fire alarm which was on for fifteen minutes. Once, out of over-respect to the alarm, I came out of my building in the chilly french night, only to find nobody outside. I felt like a hungry dog cheated by Pavlov followers, where the bell rung but without a trace of a food particle. Well, that does not mean that I want the building burn down to ashes, but my agony was that nobody was outside except me. Another day, I ignored the alarm which tried to disturb me around 3:30am. I acted like a deaf politician who ignores the constant vexation of the people. Now, I have been trained that the alarm is for a fire drill, but I will respond to it only when I hear the convulsions and screams of a mob and smell the burning smoke. At the same time let me hope that God does not play dice with my building.
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