You only THINK it couldn't happen...

Background Information: Our Hall of Residence is the only one so far not to have had a fire drill. All the other halls have had their's at about 6am.

So we've just sat down for our tea in the dining hall when the fire alarm starts going off, which is highly annoying. Who decides to have a fire drill in the middle of tea? We all had to congregate in the car park, where the Senior Counsellor (head of the SCR) was telling us to move back and make way for the fire engines. I thought... "Who calls fire engines out for a fire drill?"

Anyways, as it turns out, it was only our toaster in our pantry that set the alarm off cos someone had left it unattended. So the toaster is black and mangled and our corridor smells of chip fat.

I thought it was funny at first, and SO typical of our corridor, until I found out that we've all lost our security deposits (£2100 in all) and we have to pay damages too. Not happy! Luckily, Nicola has managed to remove the burn stain from the top of the microwave (where the toaster had been sat) and the smell is clearing, so the only thing I can see us paying for is the fire blanket.

It would have to be us, eh...