The Curious Case of the Glasgow Fire Alarms ...

Glasgow must be a very flammable city, because it takes more fire precautions than anywhere else I have ever been.  You know it's excessive when you worry more about whether someone will set the alarm off when you're in the shower, than whether or not the fire is real.  Another hint is that you go out during the drill, and people are surprised you didn't take the time to get on a coat.  Both of these are true, as is the fact that I have literally had four fire drills within the space of twenty - four hours once, although, to be fair, only three of them were in the same building, and one was planned ...    
People don't bother to get out quickly, anymore, either.  Jacket?  Check.  Shoes?  Well, I could change ...  You stand at the door, and point, if that's a real fire, he's dead, she's dead, he's dead, she's dead ...  It really is odd.     
During one of the fire alarms, my roommate was cooking dinner.  Wouldn't it have been ironic if an actual fire had been started?     
How do all these false alarms get set, you ask?  Well, we get lectures on how to prevent them (yes, lectures entitled "How Not to Set Off the Fire Alarms.").  On the list of things not to do: iron outside of the kitchen, take a shower with the door open, blow dry your hair with the windows closed (sticking your head out the window would be even better ...  ), cook with the door open, use any sort of aerosol spray outside of the kitchen (the kitchen has a real fire alarm, the others will go off at the slightest provocation), open the door before the steam from your shower has dissipated, you get the picture.  We're turning into a bunch of people more afraid of blowdrying our hair than being caught in a fire.    
On the bright side, they do make an effective alarm clock!