Irrelevant, but irritating

latetoschool
Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:03:52 +0000

ucsducladad, hence my continuing concern. In the past eight weeks, I’ve flown roundtrip four times Miami to Washington (Reagan). Signs everywhere at MIA “no lighters beyond this point” and bins to discard lighters.

But I’ve carried a lighter in my purse, and it’s been through screening 4 x 2 = 8. I didn’t intend to - we were at a friend’s house; lost lighters were a joke, and so someone decided to steal friend’s lighter and put it in my purse, knowing the friend would never suspect me.

Now, my purse isn’t very big - it’s quite small, and it contains exactly these things: checkbook, ID, insurance card, one credit card, one debit card, lipstick (gasp!!!), small blush, small tube of “make wrinkles under the eyes not quite so apparent” (whatever that is called), two or three pens, business cards, pass for the metro in D.C., gum, cash, lose change, and my keys. Oh, also small tube of lotion. I don’t even own a traditional wallet - haven’t owned one since high school. My point is I don’t have one of these purses stuffed full of all sorts of junk.

But the lighter - in my purse - has sailed through the x-ray machine every time. I discovered it when I went shopping this weekend and bought a new purse, and moved everything out of my old purse.

I cannot figure out why Reagan doesn’t have any “no lighter” signs, etc., but Miami certainly does.