Interestingly enough, it was at a Homewood many years ago that my friend and I just about had to pull the alarm and call the fire department ourselves. We were having breakfast when smoke started billowing from behind a cabinet -- the waffle maker cord had shorted and caught fire. We pointed it out to the staff who stood around like goobers saying things like, "maybe we should call the fire department." Well, duh! Since we were on our way to a football game, anyway, we hustled back to our room to get our stuff while the Keystone Kops figured out what to do. The alarms finally went off as we got to our floor, and even then the housekeeping staff completely ignored them. You can bet Corporate got a letter about this episode!