my run in with the law

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Date: 14 July 2004 12:03:28

This happened yesterday:

10:30am: Phone call
Guy from security company: Hi! I was just wondering if the police had arrived yet?
Yay: er... the police?
GFTSC: yeah - someone at your shop pressed the panic alarm and so we called the police for you.
Yay: what time was that?
GFTSC: about 9:45
Yay: (thinks "and we could all have been dead for 45 minutes!") Ah... well it must have been an accident
GFTSC: ah that's good. Well the police should arrive soon anyway.
Yay: ok, thanks, bye.

I hang up the phone and ask my boss and fellow employee if either of them pressed the panic button.
boss: Which one is the panic button?
fellow employee: we have a panic button?

I point at the black keyrings strategically located around the pharmacy. My boss notes that maybe he may have pressed the button by mistake while opening the safe. It obviously didn't occur to him to wonder what the funny black keyring with a button on it was until today. Ah well.

12:45: Two members of the police force arrive.
MOTPF: Hi! Sorry we're a bit late!
Yay: that's ok. The button was pressed by accident
MOTPF: Ah we figured as much - we thought you'd probably have called 000 by now if something had happened but we just came by to check.
Yay: well at least we know the button does something even if the effect is somewhat delayed!

I feel safe and secure.