Don’t They Know What Security Is For?

I work airport security, and as a rule, everyone must be screened to go from the public area to the secure area. While I am out maintaining the exit to make sure no one walks in, an older woman with her adult family approaches me.

Passenger: “Excuse me? How do we get to the other side without going through security?”

Me: “Um. You can’t.”

Passenger: “What do you mean, we can’t? We don’t want to go through security; we just want to get to the other side.”

Me: “Right. You can’t. Everyone has to go through security to get on the other end of it.”

Passenger: *Huffing away* “Well, that’s just ridiculous!”