I have heard several security experts on TV lately telling us all to be 'extra vigilant' with the awful happenings in the world. At the weekend DH and I went for a pub lunch. There was an empty table next to us with a carrier bag underneath it. The carrier was bulging with something, although we couldn't see what. After about 10 minutes, no one came to sit at the table and DH and me were getting a bit jittery. We told a passing waitress who picked the bag up and was about to put it behind the bar when a man standing at the bar said 'oh that's mine. I was just having a chat'. Is it me or is this totally irresponsible? Someone I know was having a coffee in a large department store a while ago and there was an unattended rucksack which was there for a while with no one with it. She told the waiter who brought the manager. My friend said 'that could be a bomb' and the manager just giggled and said 'oo I hope not'. Are we being paranoid or should people take more care?
Kate Garroway-Care at home costs