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"Respect my Authori-tay"

spingirl | 28 March, 2006 16:30

Oh, the joys of dealing with the Homeland Security's TSA. I will start this post by saying, quite clearly, the following: I don't feel any more safer flying today than I did before 9/11 happened and the TSA took over security. I don't think that stationing a bunch of poorly trained, yet power-hungry people at metal detectors does much to increase my security, or that of my fellow flying passengers. Combine this belief with an innate streak of distrust for most forms of government authority, and you end up with my sick sense of humor about the whole "screening" process. Most of the time, I manage to keep my comments to myself, but I was in a wacky mood yesterday, and well, read on.

Scott and I flew to Houston over the weekend and were making the return trip yesterday, starting out in Houston's Hobby Airport. Apparently, Hobby Airport is one of those airports, you know, the kind that makes you take your shoes off so that they can be scanned. *insert eyeroll here* Maybe it's just me, but I would feel more safe if TSA could catch more overtly dangerous things, like the pepper spray and matches that I once accidentally left in my rather small purse, rather than spending their time scanning my Reeboks. But anyway, back to the shoes. Usually, I keep my tennis shoes on, in spite of being "cautioned" that not "volunteering" to having my shoes scanned could lead to further screening. In other words, when given the choice between: a) mindlessly following and submitting to pointless governmental directives that only serve to increase governmental control over every facet of one's life; or b) bucking the system for the sake of questioning authority, even if it leads to more hassle, I will generally choose b.

Sometimes, it leads to interesting results.

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