Does that ring any alarm bells?  

Did you wait for them to answer and explain that it was an error or did you just hang up quick?

I think I just said, "sorry, wrong number" and then hung up.

.....I have done that also Dawn. I was calling a friend that had a 991 telehone number and I guess I had one or two(maybe three) too many gin and tonics and I dialed 911 in error. I was shocked when I hear 911 emergency, knowing it would be wrong to just hang up I fessed up to my error and told them I misdailed that was trying to reach a 991 telephone number. They saud, OK but please be careful. Here where I live if that would have been something I repeated a few times a policeman would have been at my door making out a police report. A friend told me I could have been fined but I do NOT know if that is ture or not since I fessed up and all the emergency vehicles were not sent to my address.

I bet they don't fine you unless they have a pretty good idea that it's deliberate...

I prefer doing the Conga along the corridors at work to setting off alarms but, y'know, any fun is better than no fun

How very resourceful... of course, the problem there is that you left the place open for anyone as small as you to get in - I can imagine the scene as you pop your head out of the hole on the way out to be faced by a "jobsworth" security guy or a policeman. Explain your way out of this one sunshine!

No. Once I had opened up and turned off the alarm, I then got some of my tools and bolted the wall back together. There was no damage and I don't think I told anyone about it either!

Yep, luckily the security guards were not patrolling the area at that particular time!

Sounds like that turned out to be a much longer job than anticipated! Did you get paid for the extra time you spent there??

No, it was a weekend and I am pretty sure from memory that I was working on my own car that I was doing up at the time.

I bet, when you see a "Wet paint" sign, you have to just check dont you?

Nice one Oshy, you always make me laugh!

Yes Wizzy you have me pegged and if there was an ice cube I would stick my tongue to it too! LOL

Yeah Bill I know..eedget me hahahha xoxo Hugs my friend..glad to make you laugh!

Oh that'd be right! No-one notices if you need help but, if you might be getting away with something..... Selective deafness???

I work on a hospital ward and, if someone presses their call button, we answer it as quickly as possible. On occasions, during meal breaks, there may only be 3 or 4 staff to cover 32 patients. It's not unusual for 3 or 4 people to need the toilet at the same time and maybe another bedbound patient who needs their soiled sheets changing. If the emergency button sounds everyone goes! I do think its dreadful that people have to wait even for the routine things and it upsets me knowing that I cant get to them.

You sound like a wonderful nurse, and I have had some really great ones like you seem to be. When I had my little one, I had a C-section with some complications, so I needed more assistance than I really wanted. The nurses were fantastic there, and if I rang the call button they responded immediately via intercom and then showed up literally about a minute later, especially if it was something important. I wish that all hospitals and nurses were like that, because it is bad enough being scared and helpless in the hospital without having to worry that something serious is going to happen to you (or your loved one) and nobody will be there to help.

I'm a Clinical Support Worker (Healthcare Worker, Nurses Aide) and we are usually the ones to answer the call buzzers. If the patient needs something that only a qualified nurse can do (like dispensing medication), we just pass their request on. I always said that I would never do a job like that and, when I started there, I said I'd give it 3 months... that was 2 years ago. I've seen a fair bit of the hospital from a patients perspective over the last few months and most of the staff have been brilliant.

I think I need to change career and be a nurse just to serve a purple flower better If you don't mind I will install an alarm on you that will notify me faster than the speed of light so that you can have a better service in an instant. It's exclusively for the purple flower alone

Lucky it was just out of curiosity then

I didn't try pushing alarms again I might not get lucky the next time I try and the experience did not satisfy my curiosity because when I took the risked the damn thing was broken

There was nothing much to see... just a piddling amount really. Mmmm yes, buttons.... shiny....