North v. South
4/17/2008 at 12:16 am
Just after 9/11 I travelled from Raleigh to Boston, 8 months pregnant. In Raleigh, I stood in line for about three seconds before I was pulled out and escorted to the front. I passed about three hundred people, none of whom complained when I was put right through ahead of them. After I cleared security, several people offered to carry my bag and when I refused they couldnt' stand it and took it from me any way. At the waiting area, I was offered a seat and water. Not a single person made me feel like I was doing anything wrong by traveling in my condition. They just made room for me. Boston? Of course I waited in every line, and then when I got sent through the wrong line after an hour long wait, they had no problem making me wait again in the other one. When I couldn't lift my bag onto the belt the able-bodied man behind me said, "If you can't lift your f-ing bag you shouldn't fly." Niiiiice. I stood in the crowded waiting room and no one offered me a seat.


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