but in that time ... and this really should be rerun in slow motion as it all occurred in about five seconds , althea tipped over a pencil holder and , as the clerk bent to catch the pencils , althea wadded up the paperwork on the desk , grabbed the clerk 's neckerchief when she bent to minimize that damage , and then , as the airline employee , a fortyish blonde , and the child stared each other down , althea drooled into the dot matrix printer .