33000 feet
A week in London has come and gone, and I'm midway
across the Atlantic. I'm not always the most patriotic of sorts, but there are
occasions where I sometimes feel like shouting "God Save the Queen!" Today had
one of those. As anyone who travels in the US will know, taking a laptop on a
plane always involves an extra few minutes at the x-ray machine for the utterly
inconsistent and completely arbitrary TSA screeners to examine separately. This
new agency, set up post 9/11, is the epitome of wasteful useless American
bureaucracy; petty, ineffectual and more concerned with their uniforms and
looking good on the job than using any common
sense.
Upon reaching the point of no
return at Gatwick, I prepared to wrench open my bag and delve down into it to
retrieve the battered powerbook, replete with it's wonky O and " keys, to be
sent through the machine. "Oh no dear, you needn't take it out" I was told.
Hallelujah! Just another reason to pine for home until the next trip back.
Posted: Tue - January 31, 2006 at 10:13 am