Yesterday my wife and I flew to Phoenix, AZ to visit the in-laws. We ended up having some problems with our tickets, so as we waited in line to straighten things out I began to take notice of the group in front of us. From the look of their passports they where heading back to China. They seemed really stressed out, were constantly getting out of line to check the departure TV's and kept looking at their tickets nervously. Their day was about to get really shitty. As they got up to the ticket counter they hand over their passports to the ticket agent and she says to one of them, "Mame your passport has expired and I cannot let you on this flight." They all try to disagree. "I'm sorry but your passport expired on March 5th. I cannot let you on this flight." I will never forget the look of disbelief on their faces as they walked away.
The security line was very entertaining. A woman standing in line dropped her laptop. Laptop case, battery and screen went their separate ways across the floor. We were then "profiled selected" for special screening. Which consisted of a watch where you put your hands buddy pat down, a search through our bags using wands with toilet paper attached to the ends, and a conversation with the TSA agent about the Red Sox after he saw my Sox hat in my bag. "That Dice-K sure looks good!", said the TSA agent, who's name tag did not match the name he gave us. We're the the security risk?.
We make it to the gate. Board the plane. Sit in our seats and sigh in relif of making it on time. the plane then precedes to taxi onto the runway and stop. "Ladies and gentlemen...pause....we will delayed at the end of the runway for 40 minutes due to weather in San Francisco. Sorry about the delay." An entertaining morning.
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