anyone who has seen one of these go off knows exactly how horrible it is too. the water in those pipes just sits there, year after year. when they finally get used, or one is damaged, they release a putrid stagnant water that might put out fires well enough, but is filthy and stinks to the high hells.

Oohh, I had this happen once in a building I lived in! Some guy hung his jacket on one of these on the 20th floor and it basically flooded all apartments on that side of the building, 4 per floor, plus the walkways too. When inenterrd the building it was raining inside the lobby. All inner drywalls were, well, not dry anymore, and had to be replaced, all carpets everywhere, all apartments had heavy water damage, people lost half their electronics in the soaking and the rotten egg smelling water basically ruined everything for basically 80 apartments.

I dont know and can't imagine what happened to the guy, would insurance cover THAT? And that much?

It was a shitshow

I've absolutely seen people do this, far too often in fact. Every sign has a story.

I do like finding signs warning of a particularly specific problem, always makes one wonder who it was who caused the sign to be installed and how they feel about it. You'll often find that even generic signs like "Don't let items burn in the toaster" had a root cause in a specific incident (or string thereof).

it's caused by appartments and hotel rooms not having enough ceiling and wall hooks

i mean this may just be something that people were aware of before it even happened.

but that wouldnt be as funny i have to admit

Someone's never been to a furry convention.

What is this? I'm from a place where fire alarms just don't exist in houses, not a common item available for purchase. So I've figured it's related.

You’re going to try this OP?

Anyone who has ever lived or worked in a dorm knows somebody who did this.

One of my roomies did this one year when I was in college. He'd left his graduation gown hanging on the sprinkler in the bathroom, and he'd been drinking a bit (oops, dry campus, he got in trouble for that). I didn't see it happen, but I heard the sound of running water and "OH FUCKING SHIT! SHIT!" etc.

They turned off the water pretty quickly, but then apparently someone had flushed a toilet on the other side of the building right before they shut the water off, so when they turned ON the water again, it flooded THAT side.

It was a brand-new dorm, too. Oof.

What's with the background? That's not a surface that would be installed in any living space, nevertheless behind a fire sprinkler