You are out shopping and lost track of time. It is 11:50, and you are supposed to pick up your dog at the vet by noon. You know it’s going to take at least 20 minutes to get there.

Explanation:

Most everyone Carries a cell phone, the polite gesture is to call while in route to inform the vet.

b

explanation:

jenkins wanted the narrator to write a ghost story for his magazine. he wanted the narrator to give the readers a story based on the supernatural. he wanted him to give the readers real 'horror' stories and not the type of live ghosts which he had presented in his earlier stories.