Drabble by Kevin Fagan for December 16, 2013

It’s getting ridiculous, now!

Mr. Fagan needs to update himself on the rules. Nail clippers are no longer verboten.

I have the smallest Swiss Army Knife on my keys. A tiny scissors, a file, tweezers, tooth pick, and a pen knife blade(maybe an inch long). They certainly treated me like a terrorist.

Contraban?

When I worked for Zenith, I coined the phrase “security guard mentality” as those with a low paying job were able to “control” something in the live of others. As my job required me to take unusual things in and out of the various plant buildings, I was too often challenged for strange reasons and NOT sometimes when I expected it (because logic dictated).

They also would let their friends park anywhere indefinitely, but when I had to run in to an office briefly for a signature or such, I was expected to park way off where I found “normal parking” (in the middle of a shift, good luck).

Likewise my airline luggage has seldom been challenged when I accidentally left a long nail file or scissors in, but WAS challenged once for something that should not have mattered (don’t remember what).