Sometimes You’re the Dumbass

Don’t you hate it when you spend time bitching about something and then you go on and make the exact same mistake yourself? That sucks! And that happened to me just a few days ago.

Not that long ago I wrote a blog post about stupid people going through the “expert traveler” security line. You know, the people who even though they are in the expert line they don’t know the most basic rules like taking the laptop out of the case or keeping your liquids in a separate bag. I found that to be stupid and annoying.

A few days ago I was at the Philadelphia airport and there was quite a security line. Because of my USAir status, I got shuffled to the Expert lane. I employee my standard system of prepping my material for security (shoes off, jacket off, laptop out of case, etc) and send my stuff through the x-ray machine. Then I happily walk through the metal detector only to have the machine beep loudly at me.

What??

Oh dang! I somehow completely forgot to take my phone and keys out of my pockets!

I am gruffly ordered to go back through and empty my pockets. *sigh*

I don’t know how I missed that (it’s part of my usual routine). And this is one of those things that I internally complain about all the time at airports (“Has this person never flow before?! How hard is it to remember to take stuff out of your pockets?! Danged amateurs!”)

I sheepishly went back, emptied my pockets, and came back through the machine. In my small defense, I did not hold the line up. And I don’t think anyone was looking at me with disdain (though they may have been cursing me on the inside).

This is not a huge issue, but it got me thinking about a couple of things:

Lesson #1: Not everyone who does a dumbass thing is a full-on dumbass. Could just be a dumbass moment, so have a little compassion (I guess I am going to have to start practicing what I preach here!)

Lesson #2: Sometimes you’re the dumbass. Admit your mistake, learn from it, laugh about it, and don’t do it again

Remember my example the next time you start to get annoyed at the dumbass behavior you observe around you!

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