The fire alarm

Just spent the weekend in a very large hotel which was quite full with visitors.   On Saturday night a 02.30am the fire alarms sounded loud and long.   My dear one and I got out of bed, put on our specs and set off down the corridor as instructed by the notice on the back of our bedroom door, towards the 'meeting place'.  We arrived to find ourselves the only ones there with lights going on and off in the building and the footsteps of the staff as they rushed up and down the stairs.   It got colder as the minutes ticked by but still nobody joined us and eventually a member of staff informed us that it was a false alarm and we could go back to bed.   We have debated since then - was it because we looked such an odd little old couple, she in caftan (acting as dressing gown) clutching handbag and he sporting his 'Costa Blanca' Teeshirt with badly matched baggy shorts? ...had some people honestly not heard the alarm.......or don't people read 'what to do in case of fire'.. or do they just not believe anything bad could happen to them?......................I'll have to settle for the fact that we looked scaringly odd!