A chipper note of menace
"Be safe!" seems to have become the default valediction in America these days.
“Be safe,” the grocery checkout girl says.
From what, I wondered. I’d only come in for a box of orzo noodles; had there been recent pasta-related fatalities? Were packets of orzo exploding in homes across America and, if so, why are these things still on the shelf?
Or was it some kind of threat?
“Have a great weekend an…
