Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : *(Disclaimer: Technically I did not "pull" it. It was one of [these things](https://images.by.prom.st/77608428_w640_h640_pozharnaya-signalizatsiya.jpg) with a button. Also, English is not my native language.)*

I live in a large apartment building. One night last year, some genius three floors below me decided to have a cigarette in his bed. He barely escaped with his life. Had he not activated the fire alarm on his way out, people would have died and the building would be gone.

This AITA incident occurred a few nights ago. It was close to midnight. I was working on schoolwork when I smelled smoke. The scent got stronger over the next several minutes. I opened my front door and it was even worse in the hallway. Scared with that memory on my mind, I pressed the fire alarm and ran downstairs before calling the firefighters.

When they got here, they smelled the smoke but found no danger. We had to wait outside in the cold for 2 hours. I felt a bit bad about putting everyone through that before a workday.

And yesterday I was talking to my neighbour about this in the lift. He asked if I knew who pressed the alarm (I was one of the first people out). I told him I did. He called me a bitch and told me I wasted everyone's time. I talked to my friend later that day, and he agreed with my neighbour. My friend said I should have just left on my own if I was scared.

Personally, I would rather be woken up by a fire alarm than woken up trapped by fire in my room. Hearing their thoughts was a surprise. AITA?

tldr I thought the apartment building was on fire but it wasn't.