Ban The Popcorn?

This from Seattle... where else?

AP SEATTLE ... the City of Seattle may ban employees from making microwave popcorn...
a memo from the Fleets and Facilities Department addressed to "Employees at Civic Center Buildings" says there has been several evacuations in recent years due smoke alarms being tripped by burning popcorn.
The memo states that in the past three years, there have been eight evacuations at the Justice Center, which includes jail cells and courtrooms, because of burnt popcorn.

Give these people a break. After all, they are city employees, the type of people that can't boil water without burning it.

Look at the bright side... somebody is properly maintaining the smoke detectors.