30 Day Writing Challenge: Excess

I first told this story in my post Flying is not Dangerous; Crashing is Dangerous. I had to fly out to the west coast for work. Montreal to Vancouver and back. It was a short trip, I stayed two days. The flight was about five hours in each direction. It felt as if I was on the plane longer than at my destination.

Airport Security

The most memorable part of the trip was at Trudeau airport when I was leaving Montreal. As I was flying within Canada, I did not have to pass through international security. Only having to pass through the local airport checkpoints made the check in a relative breeze. Still, there are some security checks, but the rules are pretty simple. No liquids. Not everyone could grasp this.

No Liquids or Gels

After passing through the metal detectors, a twenty-something year old guy in front of me was pulled aside by security who proceeded to go through his carry on luggage. It seems his carry on luggage was over the limit. It looked to be over the limit for a family of four. Talk about excess baggage.
From what I could gather in those brief moments, his suitcase had been too heavy, and he was already charged $100 for the over limit. So, he crammed the rest of the stuff into his carry on.

The guard asked, "Do you have any liquids?"
He replied, "No."

The guard went on to empty the bag, item by item. After she pulled out each bottle she would show it to the guy, look him in the eye with raised eyebrows and say in that voice usually reserved for that idiot child,
"This is liquid."
Then she would chuck the bottle in the garbage.
"This is liquid." Toss.
"This is liquid." Toss.
Out went the shampoo. Out went the Axe body spray. Out went the cologne. The guy looked like a douche so it was probably an expensive, smelly flavor of the month cologne, something like Bad Romance for Men.
I didn't stick around long enough to see what happened. I hope she made him pull up his pants.

Mike and Nicky over at We Work for Cheese have forced invited us to participate in this 30 Day Creative Writing Challenge . Today is Day 7, Excess the theme is . Here are some of the other participants.

00dozo   Ziva  Unfinished Person  thriftshopcommando.blogspot.com  Shoot-Me-Now!  Shawn @ Stubborn Fool  

Sandra  P.J.  nonamedufus  NathanaelV  MsDarkstar  MikeWJ  Mike  LOBO  Linda  Linda M.  Leeuna  Laughing Mom  injaynesworld  If I were God...  Ellie Belen  Babs - Beetle