This has gone too far
It happened yesterday. I was boarding an Alaska/Horizon flight from Los Angeles, Ca to San Jose, Ca. After the 'regular' security stuff: coat off, belt off, phone, keys, wallet and the rest in a crate, notebook in a seperate crate, shoes off, NOT in a crate but on the belt, soles DOWN!, through the scanner device and hoping you didn't forget anything, I finally boarded the plane. I was just entering the plane when we were told to get off again, back to the terminal because of a 'mechanical failure'. After a few minutes I saw a van with what appeared to be the airline's 'mechanical failure rapid response team' driving to the plane. 5 minutes later we could board again and all seemed well .. until the announcement. The announcer mentioned that although the problem hadn't been fixed, we would still leave. 'What was the problem?' someone asked. 'Te plane has a broken toilet seat' was the response. So, they grounded a plane, got everybody off board and accepted a flight delay … because of a broken toilet seat. I then realized that we have taken this whole security thing over the top. It has gone too far.
