Fire Zone Do Not Block
At the hotel on pesach there were three false (fire) alarms. Fire alarm number 2 went off on the second day of yom tov during lunch. It was right before desert and it took a minute for people to realize that the added noise was the alarm because of all the singing and talking. All of a sudden there was total silence (except for the continuous blaring of the fire alarm). No one knew if it was real or not. So the silence continued. Two minutes later the announcement came over the loudspeaker that it was indeed a false alarm and the firemen had to come to shut it off. ( By the end of yom tov they were NOT happy with us.)
But, here is the funny part of the incident. That morning the kiddish took place outside in between the showers. Because the only real outdoors that existed was the parking lot, the kiddish was set up in the fire zone. Now the hotel could get in big trouble if the firemen saw this when they pulled up. So hotel employees came running from every direction to go clear the fire zone of the tables and remaining food and drinks. By now it was raining. But, employees kept going outside. Some even went out into the rain in their suits (managers). They were probably not to happy with "Jews and their obsession with food."
Other Pesach highlights include playing a pickup game of Taboo with two random guys until 5am. That was the best night. I should do it more often. Personally, I think it is much more fun to play with girl/guy vs girl/guy teams.
Finally, I cannot forget my sports updates.
The Devils swept the Rangers in the first round of the playoffs (their 15 th win in a row). Go Devils.
As for the Yankees, after a 4-1 win today they are now tied with Boston for first place in the East. Stay tuned as the teams begin their first faceoff of the season tomorrow.
But, here is the funny part of the incident. That morning the kiddish took place outside in between the showers. Because the only real outdoors that existed was the parking lot, the kiddish was set up in the fire zone. Now the hotel could get in big trouble if the firemen saw this when they pulled up. So hotel employees came running from every direction to go clear the fire zone of the tables and remaining food and drinks. By now it was raining. But, employees kept going outside. Some even went out into the rain in their suits (managers). They were probably not to happy with "Jews and their obsession with food."
Other Pesach highlights include playing a pickup game of Taboo with two random guys until 5am. That was the best night. I should do it more often. Personally, I think it is much more fun to play with girl/guy vs girl/guy teams.
Finally, I cannot forget my sports updates.
The Devils swept the Rangers in the first round of the playoffs (their 15 th win in a row). Go Devils.
As for the Yankees, after a 4-1 win today they are now tied with Boston for first place in the East. Stay tuned as the teams begin their first faceoff of the season tomorrow.
posted by bellanny at 10:51 PM
3 Comments:
A few years ago, when I was working at a hotel in upstate NY over Peasach a similar event occured.
There was this really rich guest - always got everything he wanted and more. He would always park his car in the "No Parking - Fire Zone" area, b/c it was closest to the hotel enterance.
One night, they smelled smoke in their room, so they called the fire Dept. The driveway to the hotel was narrow, and the fire truck, believing there to be a fire, was racing up the driveway and smashed into the car that was blocking its way in the fire zone.
Of course, there was no fire, and the guests ended up with a ticket and a smashed car for their troubles.
Welcome. There is always a guest like that at every hotel. Thanks for the story :-)
A pleasure. One of the few enjoyments that I had while spending too many years working at hotels over chagim and summers was the vast number of entertaining stories that I came home with.
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