I left my place 3 hours ahead of my flight time on Friday morning to get to JFK, in anticipation of all the much talked about enhanced TSA screening procedures. I was fully prepared to be groped by some TSA worker when my coworker, who had arrived REALLY early, texted me to say that the new procedures had not been implemented in the terminal from which we were departing. I took a deep breath relieved that I would not be subjected to unnecessary radiation or getting publicly felt up.
When I did eventually get to the security check, I took my laptop and fluids out of my bag, removed my shoes and jacket and put everything in the little bins on the conveyor belt to be zapped. I was stopped after I walked through that metal detector thing and was asked to show my hands. I was baffled but held my palms out for the dude and he swabbed them with a cotton pad, presumably to make sure I had not just fabricated some kind of explosive device. Then I was pulled aside to have my bags swabbed as well. The dude made small talk and asked me where I was going to which I replied China. "Oh are you Chinese?" he said and I informed him that I'm Canadian, but then told him my ethnic background (I knew that was what he was getting at). He said something pretty cringe worthy - he reiterated my background (i.e. you're 50% this and 50% that) and then said with a big grin "But you're 100% beautiful." I smiled uncomfortably and gathered my belongings and walked toward the lounge shaking my head, thankful there was no pat-down involved!
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