I Smell Burning

Either the popcorn gods hate me or the second hand microwave I bought this summer isn't worth the dollar I paid for it. Since it is missing the glass plate that spins inside, in order to microwave popcorn you have to place the bag on a normal plate inside of it. I pressed the "Popcorn" button. It must be inaccurate, since it burnt. I threw out the bag and decided to try again. I hovered over the microwave listening to popping so I could stop it at the right time. Probably a dangerous decision, and I may now have cancer from our old, crappy and possibly broken microwave. Well the second bag actually caught on fire a little bit, I pulled it out and blew it out. Surprisingly the popcorn was still good.