the show

The guy ahead of me in the security line had just placed all of his gear on the conveor belt but wanted to hand carry his Dunkin donut bag thru the metal detector. The TSA agent balked at this and ordered him to place it on the belt. He was loath to do this claiming that he’d never had to do this before ?! Further, he doesn’t microwave or x-ray his food (yeah like, dunkin d is healthful cooking) The security guys claim that they can’t see through the plastic bag and therefore must inspect the item and they begin to squint into the sack, finger the inner wrap and poke and prod. And this really caused the pax to squirm, to see his food being handled. I don’t begrudge security from wanting to make sure about carry on items but all of this ‘show’ had become a test of wills and rights and who’d have the last word and who’d could piss off who the worst. The government says that I can’t talk about this thing. To point out flaws and shortcomings undermines our excellent security and only helps the bad guys and is therefore un-amerikun but the story outcome was that the donuts were okay. I suggested that he bring some for everyone next time.

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