I'm currently staying at the 4 Points in HSV. At 1:30 this morning the fire alarm went off. After peeling myself off the ceiling I checked the peep hole - no smoke, but decided best bet to get out as I am on the top (6th) floor. As soon as I opened the door I was greeted with the smell of burnt popcorn. Proceeded down the stairs to hang out with 100 other annoyed people, but everyone took it in stride. After about 15 minutes they gave the all clear, and confirmed it was popcorn.

This morning I stopped by the desk to validate my parking and a guy was going off on the clerk. First he could not belive why this clerk did not know about the alarm (it was 7:01 - shift change), and why "nobody knew what to do at 1:27 am", "why did I have to wander the lobby with nobody to tell me what to do", "my heart was racing so bad I could not sleep the rest of the night" and having a general hissy fit.

I wanted to say I learned in first grade that when the fire alarm goes off you leave the building. I also know that I should not take the elevator down to the lobby. The fire stairs magically opened to the sidewalk outside where it would be easy to get away from the flames. Are people really this stupid, or was he just trolling for a free night?