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Story Time (1/3)
Once upon a time I had a job where I had to stop the fire marshal from shutting down an old theater. My predecessor was terrible. I'm not an electrician, but I knew enough to know that putting 4x575W bulbs on a 20 amp circuit is a bad idea.
There was no way I'd get everything up to code, so in the end the solution was we'd pay the FD $$$/hr during performances so they can have a firefighter on standby in case the building lit up (quite possible even after all the work I did).
Story Time (2/3)
It's not bribery if it's official, right?
Because it was cold and the building was stupid drafty the guys in charge didn't come out. Instead, they sent the youngest guy out to sit in a theater doing nothing all night.
Which would have been super boring for him except it turns out he was super into ponies and had nobody to talk to b/c his chief would send him straight to hell if he learned that best pony was Applejack.
And it's totally true except best pony is clearly Rarity.