Because Rich People Hate to Be Inconvenienced...

In case you don't alraedy know, I travel quite a bit for work. Not as much as some, but definitely more than most. So I was pleasantly surprised by my experience with TSA this morning.

Apparently if you travel a bunch then you get to join this super secret underground society called TSA Pre-Check. I was never told that I had been initiated into this fraternal organization of the cosmopolite travelers of the world, but nonethless the perks of membership were made known to me today!

"Not that line Mr. Evans, you've been cleared for the special line".. Wink wink... As I was ushered further to the left of all of the other passengers awaiting their torturous full-body exrays and the like.

And what awaited me in this super elite, ultra modern, newest of the new security line of the future? Nothing more than a trip back to the 1990's. A quick jaunt through security without having to take my belt off, without having to remove my shoes, without having to take my liquids and personal electronics out of my bag, and most importantly of all... Without a 30 minute long line causing me to question my sanity and other people's ability to comprehend simple tasks that are both presented in writing and simultaneously dictated to them aloud.

So, for you travel NOOBs and normal folk out there who aren't as experienced as I in the ways of the jetways... I hope beyond hope... That you... NEVER have the ability to use this line or you'll just gum it up for the rest of us.

Viva La Revolucion!

AE