I started this post last night, (8/10/06) but when I went to save the draft, it disappeared due to the blogsite ‘down for maintenance’ message. That is annoying because I can’t write the same thing twice. So all my good thoughts (“good” being a relative term) are now lost, and I have to start again. You may be wondering what my title means…………Suffice it to say that I was in the midst of a business trip when the Brits successfully foiled a plot by the bad guys to do mass destruction in the sky. Good job! However, as we all know now, NO LIQUIDS are allowed on any flights. No hairspray, no gels, no lipstick, no perfume, no lip gloss, no nail polish, no hand cleaner, no Tide Stick (I’m messy), no sodas, no deodorant, no mouthwash, no, no, no!!! All the things that I paste myself together with in the morning are not allowed in carry-on luggage. All I can say is I think just punishment for the terrorist plotters would be to turn them over to women who travel. They would not come out alive………….I am glad this is not a long trip, I would arrive home limp-haired, bare-faced, lips pale, (scary), with BO and halitosis. When I called home; my husband said, “Just throw it away!” Oh how he doesn’t understand!! I paid $21.00 for one bottle of hair stuff, $23.00 for a tube of lipstick, and the list goes on. Forget about my jewelry, I am carrying $1000.00 worth of toiletries!
Ok, I know the next suggestion would be “What’s the big deal, check the bag”. This is the biggest problem of all. Think about it, how many business travelers check a bag? VERY few, I would guess less than 1%. I can’t remember the last time I checked a bag……OK, I can, but that was a trip lasting 2 weeks, I can only get a week in a carry-on. We scoff at luggage carousels, are smug with those that stand in lost baggage areas, and smile as we pass our plane mates tapping their toes waiting for their luggage to be vomited out onto the eternal circle. My choice today is this, do I overnight all my precious liquids, or do I check the bag? Seriously folks, this took a lot of debate on my part last night. To check or not to check, that is the question? Tis better to have hairspray against all other bags in the hold? I guess the decision came when I realized that if I sent my stuff overnight, it wouldn’t be back in my hands until Monday since today is Friday; and I’m cheap, I just couldn’t see paying for a Saturday delivery. So I checked it. Now back to the major problem with this. More people checking bags, more bags in hold, more bags to get lost, more chance someone might just reach in there and take that $21.00 bottle of hair stuff
2 comments:
Gotta love security. Or at least the results of it. I heard rumblings that they'd stop allowing laptops on flights, at which point I'd just stop flying all together. Or just bring an extra book, I guess. But seriously, no laptop? How obnoxious. At least I can get a soda on the plane, but they don't usually provide me with a personal movie screen, you know?
Yeah, and what about all those businss policies that state "Do Not Check Your Laptop!!" Man, all of that proprietary information out for grabs. Not a good thing. And it is amazing what disappears from checked luggage. That is something that really should be looked into.
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