We had climbed that dim-lighted and clammy staircase down during fire-drills many times. There were at least 2 fire-drills a year. We decided to give ourselves break this time round by escaping the fire-drill totally.
Before the start of the fire-drill, we all gathered and went to the coffee shop to chit chat and have brunch. The strategic location of the coffee shop also allowed us to have a good view of when the fire-drill had started and ended. Our grapevine told us that the fire-drill was slated to start at 10am, but it was not activated until around 1030 am. We stayed at the coffee shop for a full one-hour, drinking soyabean, eating hard-boiled eggs, mee siam and kaya toast.
Apparently, we were not alone because almost the entire coffee shop was filled with colleagues from various departments, all pretending to have off-site meetings. The crowd only dissipated with the ending of the fire-drills.
Don’t worry. We are not always this playful and very often, we participate actively in fire-drills as we are fully aware of the importance being crisis-prepared. However, on this day when many of us had burnt mid-night oil the night before to get the budget pack done, we were not certain if we would be able to make the long climb to ground floor in one piece.
Just forgive our truancy for once, ok?
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