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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by CorrodedCranium@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/unethicallifeprotips@lemmy.world

Setting off a detector might give you a time bonus while they investigate.

I was watching the Simpsons episode where Homer is a firefighter and that gave me the idea.

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[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

On one floor?

Stick around and get charged by the fire department for a false alarm?

Most people probably won't even leave. It's usually safer to stay inside your unit unless there are signs of fire (at least in my city).

[-] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I lived in an apartment building in Austin where people would throw half-smoked joints into the trash compactor. First two, maybe three times, i would head out to the fire line in my pajamas, with a shivering Chihuahua in tow. After the fourth alarm, I just stood out on the balcony, due to the eyeball quivering alarm, and wait until i smelled actual smoke.

Bonus, there was a Koi pond under my balcony, so evacuation was a well timed jump away.

Fuck you of you dispose of anything alight into a community trash receptacle...

[-] CorrodedCranium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah. Pull it and go to a different floor and look around. You aren't standing around waiting for them unless you have some weird 1930s pull station

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