Problem: Last year , when I stopped carrying an umbrella it rained so rarely , my allergies were hardly noticeable . This year , uh . Mold is # 1 with a bullet on the allergy list ( dust is # 2 ) , although there are also some autumn spores that get me .

Why is mold # 1 with a bullet on the allergy list ?

A: Because mold activates the writer 's allergies .

Problem: It seems the internal battery had died and it was no longer revivable . True to personality , I went to the manufacturer 's website and initiated a live chat with a support representative . I could n't tell if I was chatting with a person or a computer and kept asking if I was really chatting with a person . He kept assuring me that he was human , but he could n't explain why he was giving me information that had nothing to do with what I was actually asking him about .

Why was I uncertain about the humanity of the support agent ?

A: Because he was repeating himself and giving irrelevant information

Problem: When my aunt 's husband ( mom 's cousin ) passed away in London , my father , sister , brothers and I all knew when it first happened . My mother was out in the same morning , but we never contacted her on the phone . We waited until she got back home , and sis was with her . Then when they got near mom 's room , she told her .

Why did the narrator not call their mother to tell them what had happened ?

A:
They did n't want to break the news over the phone .