There seems to be quite a few ridiculous stories related to air travel lately.
Last week there was a guy in LAX International Airport who decided he didn’t really need secondary screening of his luggage and just went on his way through the terminal.
TSA agents must have turned their backs for quite a while to let him just book through, especially since they took so long to find him.
According to the story on CNN.com, all the passengers in the terminal were told to stop where they were and just wait. All the air traffic was halted from the terminals, too, so no one missed their flight.
I just don’t get it. How can a passenger just get away like that? I know LAX is a pretty busy place, but I’ve never seen it so packed that someone can just disappear.
And then there was the Qatari diplomat who decided it was a good idea to smoke in the airplane bathroom. He was on a flight from Washington, D.C. to Denver on business and apparently just couldn’t take it anymore. According to the story from CNN, he was in the lavatory for an extended period of time before they busted him.
Airline employees got a little freaked out because “initial reports that he may have attempted to set a shoe on fire — a report that may have stemmed from what one U.S. official called an ‘unfortunate comment’ by the diplomat,” according to the article. Luckily, he was just lighting up and nothing more. Once the flight landed, they let him go and he got to go on with his business.
It’s getting so ridiculous these days to fly. Everyone gets profiled for something it seems and most of us lose out.
When I come home next month, I can only bring one carry on bag thanks to the kid who thought it was good idea to light his shorts on fire. It’s almost not worth the hassle for people to travel anymore. If there were still reliable boats and it were still cool, I’d take a cruise back to the States then catch a train back to the west coast.
I’ve been trying a little harder to follow the news lately. When I’m not following the air travel updates, I read the other news.
But this next story really got my attention. A mother from Bedford County, Tenn. adopted a 7-year-old Russian boy, brought him home, and then sent him back to Russia, according to CNN.
The adoptive mother, Torry Hansen, said the child showed violent behavior and Russian officials didn’t warn her about it. What if they had? Would she have just not taken him because of the challenge? Children born to their parents don’t get to just go back when they cause trouble, why does this get to be different?
Now that it looks like all I did was read CNN this week, I’ve got a few recommended to me by friends.
Last week I got a story from a friend about a guy who got a parking ticket. We all know someone who has gotten one, maybe even on campus. But this guy did it up good. He wasn’t even parked for a minute when the cop started writing him up.
The guy decided to write the City of Melbourne a letter stating why he thought he shouldn’t have to pay for the ticket. Since it was clearly ridiculous he got it to begin with as he only parked, went to the trunk to get his money for the meter then noticed the parking officer.
I guess the city agreed with the man and withdrew his ticket. The story is on the Huffington Post website. And you can read both letters and see the ticket.
And I guess my Facebook stalking has gotten pretty good lately. I wasn’t even tagged in a photo, nor was it shared with me, but there was a comment on a picture of ExtenZe Male Enhancement drinks and one comment said I should write about it.
Well, I am. It’s one thing to have these “supplements” to enhance, um, parts. But it’s something completely new to make it just as easily attainable as a buzz.
Put it in a can, take a few sips and enjoy the night? Well, I think that’s what they’re going for. I wanted to do a little research on the product before ripping its ridiculousness, but the website that bears the products name has no information beyond the home page.
It does, however, tell the drink’s tag line: “Drink … enjoy … and enjoy again.”
