Security, again...

I went through airport security today.   It was my 5^th time in 12 days.  I’m sure you’re getting tired of hearing about it.   I really just can’t get over how silly it is though.   I’ve decided that they want to make it unpredictable.   It must be one of the goals of the TSA to make it different each time.   I’m sure this is so that the terrorists will get confused on their multiple trips through.

When I passed through on Tuesday people were passing through the magnetometer with no problem.  There was, however, a big backup in my line passing through the bag x-ray.   I tried to help the situation by moving from the x-ray line and passing through the magnetometer.   I passed through no problem.  The lady TSA agent told me that that I need to go back.   I asked why and she said that I need to go back and push my bags into the x-ray machine.

“Sorry”, I said, “I guess I was depending on my fellow man.”

I went back, pushed my bags in, and passed through again.

Today as I was standing in line it was exactly the opposite.   The line had backed up at the magnetometer and the x-ray was moving well.   I stayed with my bags to ensure that I pushed them all the way through the x-ray machine.   The TSA agent came over and told me that I should move to the magnetometer line.

“Don’t worry, I’ll push your bags through for you”, she said.

If I’m going to fly this much I think I’m going to need to learn to accept the randomness of this process.   If not, I’m going to go insane.