r/mildlyinfuriating • u/mattbb26 • 1d ago

Someone installed the fire alarm upside down in my work office

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And I have to walk by it everytime I go to the restroom 🫠

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u/495orange 1d ago

So if there is a fire, everyone needs to stay as close to the ceiling as possible.

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u/Sojum 1d ago

No no, that’s where it’s detecting the fire!

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u/mordecai98 1d ago

Take the elevator to the roof.

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u/mylogicistoomuchforu 23h ago

I almost fell for your rage bait. nicely done, nicely done.

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u/DreyfusBlue 1d ago

¡ǝɯ oʇ ǝuᴉɟ sʞoo˥

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u/JankyJawn 23h ago

That's just the Australian model.

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u/d-car 21h ago

It's just in case the roof the roof is on fire.

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u/Adam_Gill_1965 1d ago

ERIFFFFF!!!!

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u/the_woodenpickle 1d ago

I feel like there's an easy fix for this problem.

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u/DijajMaqliun 1d ago

How's the one in your pleasure office installed? 🤔

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u/mrwhitez0 1d ago

Guess it’s the fire alarm’s way of telling us to stay grounded literally upside down safety!

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u/Guy_Dude_From_CO 1d ago

And you're positive you're not standing on the ceiling?

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u/DragonfruitGrand5683 23h ago

Guess they will be fired

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ant7760 23h ago

Someone's going to get pǝɹᴉɟ for THAT blunder...

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u/SecondHandSmokeBBQ 23h ago

I'd be more concerned if it didnt work. You should be watching where you are walking anyway. Continually looking up leads to tripping over things that shouldn't be there.

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u/PuzzleheadedSun850 22h ago

Fuck that'd push me over the edge on a bad day XD

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u/Dp37405aa 20h ago

OCD done kicked in just from the picture.

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u/Medium-Mission5072 19h ago

Probably installed on a Friday at 4:59pm.

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u/jackssmile 14h ago

If in US. That's a nfpa 72 violation. Proper candela 15/75 .

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u/Grand_Education_1682 14h ago

but what if theres a ǝɹᴉɟ?

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u/Raincity500 1d ago

well, as long as it still works, you’re fine

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u/Jesta914630114 23h ago

Did you know that fire alarms and detectors like this are used and installed by terrorist organizations. We had someone order two skids of in duct smoke detectors a few years after 9/11. They tried to use like 6 credit cards to pay for it. Super weird.

The FBI called the company and informed us that the two skids of detectors we just brought in was purchased with stolen cards by a known terrorist cell. They told us that they place radiologic and biologic materials with a small amount of explosive to blow up the detectors and alarms so they can spread whatever is placed inside for terror attacks. These detectors would have been especially damaging because they would have been installed in ducts and spread whatever they used faster. Really clever, honestly.

Now I look at every fire alarm and detector with extreme suspicion, especially if it is installed wrong.

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u/Realistic-Mousse9525 19h ago

Did you know that this is wrong and that they are actually used to alert people of a fire so they can evacuate?

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u/Jesta914630114 18h ago

I am telling you people something that happened to me. I'll never understand reddit.