This is just a stand alone short story. No additional chapters will follow.
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It has been a while since I updated my blogs and I have to say that quite a bit has happened since I last had a chance to get everything caught up. The most important event was the three weeks that I spent in Thailand for the Songkran holiday. Of course any trip involving an airplane also involves an encounter with the wonderful people who work for TSA. Oh, and if anyone from the US government is reading this, TSA stands for Totally Shitty Attitude. Well, most of the time anyway. Lately there has been a big row in the US about the full body scanners and the aggressive pat downs of air travelers. I am not so upset about who is viewing my scanned images as those who know me know that I am not shy about showing my body in public and usually wearing as little clothing as allowed by law or climate. Did I mention that I love global warming?
What concerns me about the scanners is the radiation. I know the government tells us that it is only a small dose but can we really trust the government? So I find myself standing in line waiting to have my body irradiated once again. As a frequent flyer this concerns me enough that I thought I would see what this whole aggressive pat down flap is all about so I declined the free government x-ray. The demure little blond woman at the scanner was not too thrilled when I announced my intentions to her. The look of disgust on her face was obvious, as was the baleful look that she gave to her supervisor.
I gathered that the blond agent must have been new on the job as her supervisor accompanied us to the screened off areas set aside for such examinations. As I was led away I heard the older woman behind me in the line request to skip the scanners as well. She was led to the screened off area next to me. The first thing the blonde agent asked me to do was to remove my over sized sweater coat.
Depending on the type of aircraft I fly on, I can get a bit cold being the tropical flower that I am, I chose to wear my charcoal grey sweater coat that buttons down from my chest to below my knees. I was also wearing faded blue skinny jeans. Under the sweater I wore nothing but a white tank top. But what I was not wearing was a bra. Guess you can figure out why I skipped the bra, if not, well the sweater was thick enough and, I just do not like straps digging in and binding while I am trying to get comfy on a series of very long flights.