also, some of us in our declining years have short-term memory issues. perhaps she needed the top of the safe clear to put the stuff that is on top of the recipe so she can get to the recipe.
when i was in the bag pipe band, i ran into someone from another band [i am female] and when he reminded me of his name, i said, ‘of course! i didn’t recognize you with pants on.’ his friends thought it was hysterical.
in my house, we still do, but sadly, the spiders don’t tell us where they live, so we just bring them outside.