Fire, fire, fire, argh, argh, argh!
Well work tonight was a bit of a pain, a while ago we were talking about updating the tenants on the fire alarm proceedure so that they know, well, what to do in the event of the fire alarm going off… there’s a fire alarm info card in every flat and all tenants are told about the fire alarm proceedure when they are moving in, but, like things do, some things slip our mind and/or get confuddled. Well, tonight I had to go around 30 flats explaining to them all what the fire alarm proceedure is, what to do, where to go etc… and it was a bloody nightmare.
One of the tenants was stone deaf but thank goodness she was able to read it and sign to say she understood it. Another one is very hard of hearing (in denial about that fact) and she didn’t have reading glasses (prefer to read it out anyway) and I was in her flat for ages trying to explain it because everything I was saying, she wasn’t paying attention because she was so certain she knew what to do… when she didn’t. I kept my cool, when I felt like banging my head against the wall. Another tenant has bad confusion so that was fun explaining to her. Another tenant likes to pick holes in everything and when I finished reading it out she of course had to pick up on a few ‘contradictions’ … when there aren’t any contradictions. They are clear cut and to the point, they have to be to be understood.
Anyway by the time I finished my board tonight (took almost 4 hours) I had a bit of a sore throat. The boss asked if they understood it and I said the number of times I read it out, I, for one, definitely did. Thing is they understand it NOW, but tomorrow, or in a weeks time, it’ll be a different story for many, so we’ll need to do that every few weeks/months I think.
Onto other news, I have been telling people I haven’t been scared about what my dads ex girlfriends current boyfriend (or whoever) said to me, and I thought I wasn’t, but tonight I was leaving work and I felt ultra anxious. My car was in the car park and I couldn’t help but keep looking around and as soon as I got into the car I locked all the doors. I hate it when people target you emotionally. I honestly don’t know if she will carry out the threats or not, I guess if she was going to, would have by now.
Anyway, time for a drink, see yaz.