Great Fun, The Accomplice, and Almost Busted

On monday, the 21st, my blues were taken away completely. The branch manager finally said something about the beeping, which is just outside his office. He told the secretary that she has a "Mission". She must find the source of the beeping because if he can hear it, it must be driving everyone else crazy. So, she goes on a rampage, tearing through 1 desk that she thinks is the source of the noise. All morning long she is checking the calculator, she finds several old cell phones, unplugs the telephone. Unplugs all the digital cameras that are plugged in in the area. She checks the copy machine. Yet, the beeping continues.
Well, I can hardly contain myself, and decide that I'll let someone else in on what is happening. So, I grabbed on of my co-workers, Chad, name changed to protect the innocent. I take him into the conference room and ask the question, "If I tell you a secret that is not illegal, immoral, unethical, or blasphemous, can you keep the secret?" He asks for how long, and I tell him, "Until it's over." He agrees.
So I let him know that I know the source of the beep. He kind of laughs and says, "And you're just not going to tell anybody?" That's when I turn my laptop to face him and say...."It's me, or more precisely, my Annoy-a-Tron." I then explain to him the subtleties of the device and what is going on. He says he hasn't noticed the beep, and I can't believe it because it is so...so...so...piercing!
Anyway, we gather our composure, because by this time we are both red-faced and out of breath from laughing. We can see the rest of the office through the conference room window (quite soundproof) and they are looking high and low for the source. To no avail!
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Fast forward to lunch time on Monday. I call "Chad" to ask about something unrelated and he is laughing. Then he tells me this story...
The secretary, Jolie (name changed...yada...yada...yada), has decided that the noise is coming from a little Model T car/clock on one particular desk. So, she proceeds to take the battery out of the car and eventually tears it down to it's component parts and announces: "There, that stopped the beeping!" Chad said that no sooner had those words come out of her mouth that the Annoy-a-Tron did it's deed. A single "beep" from the annoy-a-tron caused a string of words that would make a sailor proud. Oh, how joyful was my Monday!
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Fast forward again to Tuesday:
I decided to come to the office early and change locations, just to throw a curve. I moved it about 10 feet toward the center of the office, into another light fixture.
More laughter as the beeps and chirps continue to haunt the unwitting office staff. They are almost tearing this place apart. Chad and I are just giggling, and trying not to fall on the floor laughing. Chad is a fairly large man, and when he tries to keep his laughter in, he shakes quite a bit. He says he's shivering from the cold, but I know the truth.
Late yesterday afternoon, we had a discussion going in the office and one of the guys from the other side of the office came over and was standing on a chair directly under the location of the annoy-a-tron. It made a noise and he pointed almost directly at it's location in the light fixture. Fortunately there is a motion sensor for the alarm within a couple of feet of the light, so they assumed that's what it was and didn't investigate further. Jolie even said, "It's also coming from that (the manager's) office. So I bet it is the motion sensor. I'll call the alarm company tomorrow." OOPS!!! I guess I'd better let it lie for a while.
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Now for today. I came in early today to put a stop to the beeps (temporarily) so the alarm company doesn't bust the party. Jolie is convinced it's the alarm system. She says she unplugged the phones and made it stop yesterday, but told the manager about the guy standing directly underneath it and tracking it to the alarm system. It is very peaceful in here now. No beeps or chirps.

I asked yesterday, but nobody could tell me how to spell ....I think it's like this: bwahahahahahahahahaha

My shrine to Fred Thompson has been dismantled due to his pulling out of the race yesterday. You mean I may HAVE to vote for a Mor(m)on? I'm certainly not going to waste a vote on an independent. Learned that lesson from my Perot vote.