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tifu by pressing the red button

tifu by pressing the red button

So... not technically my fu but still hilarious so I have to share.

Last week, me and my partner got the keys to a new home.

So, we went in on day one and did the usual walk around. Place was a bit grubby, but otherwise everything appeared in good order.

When we'd finished checking all the rooms we were stood on the landing chatting and my partner noticed a red button on the wall. Being a naturally curious fellow, he pressed it.

Nothing happened.

So he pressed it again and this time held it down. Initially, nothing. Then, out of the blue, an alarm started to sound.

That's right - he'd found the panic button. It certainly worked... we panicked. However, we thought "its loud but not too bad, we should be fine". How wrong we were. Whilst it was at a bearable level inside the house, once you stepped foot out if the door the noise was absolutely deafening.

So we panicked even more, and started desperately pressing buttons on the alarm system... which the previous owners never used and as such had not left a code for.

At this point every neighbour had popped out to see what God awful screeching sirens were ruining their peaceful afternoon. Safe to say, everyone found out pretty quickly new people had moved in.

Eventually we managed to get in touch with the old owners through a neighbour, but not before calling the alarm company who had someone sent out to the house.

£65 down for a call out, but we got a new code in the end.

The ironic part? Not half an hour earlier we had introduced ourselves to the elderly lady next door and assured her we are a quiet couple and keep to ourselves.

Tl;Dr partner pressed the panic alarm in the new house that we didn't have a code for. Embarrassed us in front of all our new neighbours

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