Being not a fan of flying in the first place, all of the terminal rules seem pretty ridiculous to me. I don't have to step through a metal detector when I drive from city to city, or when I get on a Greyhound, or when I take the train. Why should I for a damn plane?
*sighs* I feel like people with that much power in the world become too neurotic to make sound decisions, and even when someone voices their opinion, nothing really gets better, the loopholes simply tighten.
Whenever I can, I avoid airplane travel. I much prefer driving, or especially prefer taking a train. Trains rock. And I'm not nearly bothered as much on a train as I am on a plane, with the stewards passing by every ten minutes, it makes me nervous all that moving around. I want peace on a trip, but I always feel anxious and uptight. I wouldn't call it a phobia of plane travel, I just don't like/prefer it. I don't flip out or anything, haha, I just find it tedious travel.
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But, to reply to the story, that was incredibly stupid, even if they were just following the policy. There's simply/realistic precautions, then there's the neurotic airport-style precautions...O_o