Landslides
2008
“This is a gel Sir. And you’re not allowed to take more than 3.4 ozs of gel on board,†said the security officer as I avoided his gaze. I could feel the irritation rising up within me. After all, I had gone through several airport security checkpoints with said gel and had never been questioned. Now this bozo was “doing his job†and taking away my expensive hair gel.
“Then why was ….†I stopped myself. “Never mind,†I said and focused on his continuing rummage through my toiletries. He finished and told me I could go. As I repacked my things I was aware of the familiar tenseness in my body. That rigidity that comes from being angry or really irritated at some… Continue reading


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