Some People Get It
And some people don't. From an AP article on delays at airport security due to the new ban on liquids or gels in carry-on bags:
"They're ridiculous, but that's part of the price you pay for traveling during a time like this," Julius Ibraheem, 26, a college counselor from Chicago, said as he stared at the long lines leading toward the checkpoints at O'Hare Airport.
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"It's better alive than dead," said Bob Chambers, whose flight from Baltimore to Detroit for business meeting was delayed more than an hour. "It's inconvenient, but we'll make it."
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"I think it's ridiculous," McMahon said. "But we'll do it anyway. What are you going to do?"
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In the Atlanta airport, Brenda Lee was annoyed with the lines and having to remove items from her luggage. The 52-year-old commercial real estate appraiser from Snellville, Ga., had to throw away her shampoo, but she said she was keeping her contact lens solution in her carry-on luggage.
"I'm not sure it does what they want it to do," she said. "It's all for security, but some things go beyond security."
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Laura Yeager left four bottles of Gucci and Cartier perfume for the hotel maid before heading to the Atlanta airport for her flight back to Philadelphia. She still had to give up her lip gloss at the security checkpoint.
She just shrugged and tossed it. "It's better to feel safe. We thought it was going to be a lot worse."
Draw your own conclusions.
By USASamurai, Thursday, 10 August , 2006 @ 12:44 pm
I had a similar post on my site, it’s the epitome of the “mini-mes”.
http://www.samuraisoapbox.com/2006/08/10/the-epitome-of-the-mini-mes/