susanbecca: Black Friday and Beyond

When I got on the plane, this old woman with a nasally voice sat down beside me and asked me all kinds of questions about my crochet project, adding “Not many people your age know how to do that! ... The fire alarm doesn't just go off automatically like a smoke detector might. Someone has to panic enough to want to run down to the end of the hallway and pull the alarm. Who would do that? When there is no smoke, no flames, who thinks this is some big emergency? ...