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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Effective-Web-3818 on 2025-11-10 05:06:23+00:00.
I work remotely, and my apartment complex has been doing construction all week. So today, I threw on my noise-cancelling headphones to drown it out. They work too well.
About an hour later, I noticed flashing lights outside my window, police cars. I take my headphones off and realize the fire alarm has been going off for who knows how long. Everyone’s outside, half the building evacuated, and I’m just sitting there coding like an idiot.
When I finally ran out, one firefighter said, “Glad you made it, man. We were about to break in.” Apparently, they’d already been knocking on doors for 10 minutes.
No fire, thankfully, someone burned popcorn. But now everyone in my building knows me as “that guy who almost died coding.”
TL;DR: My noise-cancelling headphones worked so well I missed a full building evacuation.