Thursday, March 24, 2011

Airport silliness

I made it through security ridiculously easy today, but was slowed down by a few things I thought I should share.

First, the TSA agent manning the metal detector was a major dick. He yelled at this mother to remove her infant's sweater, then yelled at the father to place the umbrella stroller on the belt for the scanner. This couple's two older children were petrified to walk through the detector because of this guy.

Second, the same TSA agent made this old man with a prosthetic leg remove his leg and place it on the conveyor belt to be scanned. Then, this poor guy had to hop through the detector, unable to use his cane. The cane had to be scanned, too.

Third, the family of four ahead of me in line apparently had never flown before, or they are unaware of the concept of traveling light. They placed on the belt four giant rolling carry-ons and (I am not making this up) eight additional bins full of purses, laptops, coats, belts, and god knows what. Then, once everything was on the conveyor, they just stood there, thus preventing the rest of us from doing anything. Um, I went to Germany for two months as a teenager, and I didn't take that much crap. I can only imagine where they were going for the weekend.

Enough with the complaining. I'm on vacation now. :)
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