Terrible Food and Sadistic TSA
Everyone who flies knows that airport food is terrible and sometimes even stale, but hunger is amazingly good at making you do crazy things. I had enough foresight to bring a snack of my favorite Anna's ginger thin cookies and some cheese so that I wouldn't have to buy the overpriced, salt encrusted junk they sell on planes nowadays in lieu of food, but didn't have time to pack a bento for us like I'd originally planned to do. And so, mad with hunger, I grabbed a burger at the Burger King at MKE. I wasn't expecting it to be good, but I did expect them not to short me the one meat patty that was supposed to be in there. I'd heard that the meat in burgers had withered into rather thin corn-filled wafers over the years, but not that it had shrunken to the point of nonexistence. Over $3 for a bun with a smattering of toppings? Ridiculous doesn't even begin to describe it.
Still, this is nothing compared to the bullshit the TSA puts us through. I've had them demand that I let them X-ray an empty water bottle after I downed the contents right in front of them. It's not like you could hide much in the small bit of opaque plastic cap. I'm not sure when they decided that shoes could not be placed in the plastic bins (but is ok for other stuff?), or if the ones at MKE are particularly stupid, but they moved mine without telling me and left the laces dangling. It got caught on the rollers and as I tried to free them, more stuff came up and smashed into the boots. I've had the boots for years so I'm not afraid of a few scuff marks, but I do want to prevent them from being unnecessarily trashed. The bin with my laptop rolled out over the laces and as I tried to move it all, more stuff smashed out, this time flipping the bin with my laptop. The woman working for the TSA LAUGHED at me and said "You just flipped your computer out!" I wanted to say "Bitch, fuck you. I'm not blind and I really don't appreciate you laughing at my misfortunes." but I didn't want them to haul me into some room and beat me.
Still, this is nothing compared to the bullshit the TSA puts us through. I've had them demand that I let them X-ray an empty water bottle after I downed the contents right in front of them. It's not like you could hide much in the small bit of opaque plastic cap. I'm not sure when they decided that shoes could not be placed in the plastic bins (but is ok for other stuff?), or if the ones at MKE are particularly stupid, but they moved mine without telling me and left the laces dangling. It got caught on the rollers and as I tried to free them, more stuff came up and smashed into the boots. I've had the boots for years so I'm not afraid of a few scuff marks, but I do want to prevent them from being unnecessarily trashed. The bin with my laptop rolled out over the laces and as I tried to move it all, more stuff smashed out, this time flipping the bin with my laptop. The woman working for the TSA LAUGHED at me and said "You just flipped your computer out!" I wanted to say "Bitch, fuck you. I'm not blind and I really don't appreciate you laughing at my misfortunes." but I didn't want them to haul me into some room and beat me.