Rise of the Burning Bush

So yesterday my roommate is picking me up from and is telling me this humorous story involving a security card in the building I work. This is only too good and I take great child-like delight in relating this story to the y'all.

So anyway, a fire is started near a bush behind the building near one of the many guard posts (probably from a lit cigarette, who knows), manned by an uber fearless and highly trained government security professional (security guard). A homeless man, yes a homeless man mind you is the first to act, as the security guard is too busy yapping on her cell phone. Unfortunately the homeless, while having the best of intentions, makes the situation worse, while trying to put the fire out with a try bush twig, causing the fire to now spread to our innocent bush. Finally our gun-toting femme fatale, now finished with her National Security phone call to her girlfriend proceeds to panic and call the fire department. In steps my roommate who manages to convince our well trained security guard to loan him the FIRE EXTINGUISHER in the guard shack, which he uses to put out the small fire (or roaring brush fire) depending on who you talk too.

To put the cherry on the cake of this incident, the WELL-ARMED security guard thanks him profusely, looks around, and proudly declares, "At least someone around here has some brains!"



As my roommate, shaking his head, returns to the car a woman passing him by who witnessed the titanic battle of man vs nature, mutters while shaking her head, "Government Employees."

Keep in mind this is a "well trained" well armed government employee. God help us in a real emergency.

Ha!!