pro tip: if your smoke detectors get dusty enough (say, from being in a room where a fan means that dust moves around near the ceiling), they will start going off spontaneously
additional tip: it is best not to discover this at four in the morning
I am not the only person in my building to accidentally set off the smoke detector while cooking dinner. (Not sure which neighbor it was this time, but it was not me for once!)
The smoke detectors in my apartment complex are definitely loud enough that all of the surrounding apartments can easily hear them when they go off!
Also, why is it that my smoke detector only goes off when there is no actual smoke in the air? I have cooked things before that made thick and very obvious smoke, but the damn thing never went off. But when I cook something in my air fryer that has a little grease in it that gets a tiny bit too hot, the smoke detector will scream as if it's the end of the world, even though there is no smoke to be seen or smelled anywhere.
An open letter to the troopers who sent a service request today asking me to "fix the broken smoke detector" in their bunk.
First of all, it probably just needs new power cells. I think it takes AAs. Steal some from your holoprojector remote.
Second: I meant what I said about not answering service requests on odd-numbered levels this week. So you have a few options here:
1. Fix it yourself. See above.
2. Let K8-T3 fix it. I know some of you are little afraid of her, but she does good work. I'm sorry about what happened last time, and I'm sure she is, too.
3. Try not to do anything flammable for a few more days. You can do it. I have faith in you.
throwback to the one time my fire alarm started beeping intermittently because it needed batteries in the middle of the night, so instead of getting it new batteries I wrapped it in 3 blankets, 10 hoodies and a pillow, shoved it in my closet, and went back to bed.
When these things start going off I hear that song "we got the beats" by the gogos but of course its "we got the beeps" and even tho it's funnier I still hate it.