Paranoia in the office

[simont]

I was just standing in the office loo, washing my hands, and suddenly a device attached to the wall puffed a jet of unspecified vapour into the air, with no apparent provocation.

I can only assume that it's some sort of new automatic air freshening device, and that it squirts out a jet of sweet-smelling stuff at regular intervals during the day.

But to understand my initial reaction to this incident, you have to be aware that I've been off work with a cold for two days this week, and I mostly spent those two days lying on the sofa watching James Bond movies. In that state of mind it's deeply unsettling when an innocuous-looking device produces an unexpected jet of gas. I found myself half expecting to be knocked unconscious and wake up to see Blofeld…

Comments

[sparrowsion]

The time those get really disturbing is when they run out and start emitting distressed "beep beep" sounds, not at all unlike some critical piece of equipment saying "Help! I'm on back up power!" or something similar.