Wednesday, April 21, 2010

It's Only Money......

Flying to Florida from my home in North Georgia takes approximately the same amount of time, all told, as driving to Florida. But there's no first class (excuse me....BUSINESS class) when I drive, and no one brings me a free beer. Or two. It didn't HAVE to take that long. I just tend to leave home a whole lot earlier than I need to when I fly out of Atlanta. You never know what's going to come up.

What sort of almost came up this time was a learning experience for me. Apparently if you fly with a CPAP machine, they want you to take it out and put it in the bins with your cell phone, change, keys, belt, shoes, and laptop. What they do NOT want you to do is pack it on the bottom of your bookbag and pack four days' worth of clothes on top of it for padding. It was quite embarrassing to see the grumpy security worker unpack all of my clothes ... underwear included ... to get to the CPAP machine. And then he had to take the machine over and CHECK THE MOTOR on it. Because clearly, any terrorist worth his salt will choose a 49-minute flight from Atlanta to Jacksonville to blow up, and he will use a CPAP machine to accomplish his pernicious act. It's embarrassing enough for everyone in the security line to know I have to sleep with the aid of a machine. There shouldn't be any shame in it, but still....

I know you don't get jet lag from a 49-minute flight, but I'm tired. Time for bed.

2 comments:

Julie said...

That's not as bad as the time my parents almost missed their flight in LA due to my mother's medical implant device for her fibromyalgia. She was carrying documentation from her doctor, but still they pulled them out of line for extra security screening. What did they want her to do? take it out?!

Maggie said...

I think you get jet lag from security!