alright. this might seem a little terrible, maybe it was just the stress that everyone was facing with a delayed flight . . . but . . .
as much as i love flying southwest, and as much as i love the san antonio airport, when i flew home last friday (quite possibly the worst day to fly home, flight was delayed 4 hours . . . to HOUSTON) i saw something that i absolutely did not like.
sure. with security and threats these days, i understand that people can be subject to random screenings, but how random is this . . . .
we are standing in line to (finally) board the airplane. an african american man wearing scrubs (and he looks smart too!) is standing in the business boarding section (he flies a lot!!) and an elderly caucasian man is coming around with a cart that says “random screening in progress.”
so he stops at the scrub-wearing gentleman first and says “can i see your boarding pass and ID?” and then he checks it and continues walking.
then he stops an older asian lady (who i am standing next to) and asks to see her boarding pass and ID.
the last person that he stops to check is a huge man at the end of the A30s. he is african american and looks like he could beat almost anyone up (although he is not dressed like a gangster of any sort). so he asks to check his id and boarding pass as well.
that’s it. he checks three people. the only three minority people (well . . . excluding me, but of course i am the witness) in the first boarding group. what in the world. and there are plenty of other people around us, just not ones that are minorities.
today is april 26, 2009. and i can’t help to feel a little cheated by what happened last week. is it wrong to be a little angry?
of course you can say “oh, we live in texas . . .” but really, that’s no excuse.
i think it’s pretty RIDICULOUS
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