the perils of being a tourist

today i was being a big ol tourist and decided to go up centrepoint tower. to get to the elevators to go up to the observation deck, you had to go through a metal detector. the woman in front of me set it off and said to the guy running the show “oh, i always set these things off the first time through.” i chimed in with “it must be the baby!” referring to her round stomach. she just glared at me.

it was then i realised that she wasn’t pregnant, she just had a big gut.

longest. elevator trip. ever.