When to press that panic button…
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The first time I heard the expression “panic button” was around 25 years ago, when I felt unnerved by a reported burglary in my neighbourhood. Unnerved enough to have an intruder alarm system installed in my house, the guy who installed it explained the benefits of having panic buttons, one by the bedside and one by the front door. It made sense to me.
If I was in a panic I could just press it and all hell would break loose. I had visions of it being like a scene from The Bill, police cars arriving from all over the place, burglars in stripey jumpers carrying swag bags and jumping over hedges.

