Bomb threat

Sometimes this job really is worth the monotony and boredom.

Just a few minutes ago, I got a call from a gentleman who apparently had received a small envelope from Benenden, and he's not a member of the Society. He says he's run the envelope through the scanner and that it's showing up as "positive." He tells me he find this all "very suspicious" and demandeed to "alert" someone "in a position of authority." Positive for what, I wondered--and what kind of "scanner" do you just have lying around your house? I immediately pictured senile old man watching late-night infomercials selling things like witching rods, and gaydar, and those scramblers you attach to your cell phone to keep you from developing a tumor.

Hasn't he ever heard of junk mail?

I love this job.