You must respect mah authority!

Well, that was interesting.

The fire alarm went off for either floor 7 or floor 8 a while ago. (I'm on floor 4.) Our policy (enforced by me, the Floor Fire Warden), is that unless the alarm goes off on your floor, you stay put.

Then my boss comes over. "We need to clear the floor."

"The alarm isn't going off. We don't clear the floor."

"I was told that we need to clear it anyway."

OK, I then proceeded to make everyone on my floor understand why I'm the Floor Fire Warden. I have a strong, carrying voice, and I'm not afraid to use it. Also, I can make engineers get up and leave. ;-)

I had the floor 80% clear when the word came back. False alarm. Everyone back in the building. *sigh*

...and I just realized it would have been the perfect time to leave my Secret Santa present. Oh, well, tomorrow!