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Training Day
So I went to training today, and I'm getting really excited about this new job. It's looking like it'll turn out really well. And like the other training days (halfway through!) this one went pretty well, a lot of good information and a lot of helpful stuff to learn. Too bad the hotel caught on fire.
*sniff... sniff* "You smell something burning?" "It smells like... toast."
At about 4PM the fire alarm went off not long after this little exchange. We did what most people do when the fire alarms go off: we sat there blinking and wondering if it was a malfunction. Well, I'm at least glad to say that I was already packing up my stuff and shutting down the computer. By the time we got out -- maybe two minutes had passed -- a hook-and-ladder company of New York's Bravest came tearing up the street to stop in front of the hotel. By the time we got across the street another FDNY company showed up, and we could clearly see smoke coming from the forebuilding where smoke should not be coming out. Not long after, a third company showed up, as well as an engine company, a rescue truck, and one or two fire marshals.
Yeah. In New York City, hotel fires kind of make everyone go into 'overkill' mode. Which is good, the last thing any city needs is a major hotel to go up -- or rather down -- in flames, least of all with people inside. And this hotel had about thirty to fifty floors full of rooms.
Anyway, FDNY looked like they had things well in hand and the fire appeared to be relatively small. So they let us go and I mad my way to the Broadway express bus stop near the Empire State Building, and headed back home.
As I said, I'm very excited about this job. If things go well in the first quarter, it's almost a certainty that a few full-time jobs will be opening up, and frankly the jobs they're talking about appeal to me greatly. For now, though, Pax.
*sniff... sniff* "You smell something burning?" "It smells like... toast."
At about 4PM the fire alarm went off not long after this little exchange. We did what most people do when the fire alarms go off: we sat there blinking and wondering if it was a malfunction. Well, I'm at least glad to say that I was already packing up my stuff and shutting down the computer. By the time we got out -- maybe two minutes had passed -- a hook-and-ladder company of New York's Bravest came tearing up the street to stop in front of the hotel. By the time we got across the street another FDNY company showed up, and we could clearly see smoke coming from the forebuilding where smoke should not be coming out. Not long after, a third company showed up, as well as an engine company, a rescue truck, and one or two fire marshals.
Yeah. In New York City, hotel fires kind of make everyone go into 'overkill' mode. Which is good, the last thing any city needs is a major hotel to go up -- or rather down -- in flames, least of all with people inside. And this hotel had about thirty to fifty floors full of rooms.
Anyway, FDNY looked like they had things well in hand and the fire appeared to be relatively small. So they let us go and I mad my way to the Broadway express bus stop near the Empire State Building, and headed back home.
As I said, I'm very excited about this job. If things go well in the first quarter, it's almost a certainty that a few full-time jobs will be opening up, and frankly the jobs they're talking about appeal to me greatly. For now, though, Pax.
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