HeyMoe
Registered User
I recently had to go to Florida for a training and when flying back, I misread my return ticket and therefore arrived at Tampa airport 5 minutes before my flight was to begin boarding.
Figuring I was not going to make my flight I entered the TSA security check point. There were two lines going and the were moving rather slow so this confirmed the fact that I was going to have to take a later flight. There was a TSA supervisor directing people to which line to use. I noticed this guy was wearing a Master Mason ring and asked if he was a widow's son. He looked at me for a moment and asked where I was "traveling to today". I replied "To the east". He asked how old my Grandmother was and I replied with my lodge name and number "She has lived on a Summit for these past 114 years and has around 100 grandsons, although we only see about 15 at our montly family dinners" and I mentioned that I hoped I didn't miss my flight that I was already late for.
The TSA supervisor, turned around and told one of the TSA folks to open up a new lines and directed me through it and immediatly started talking to the person behind me so I was unable to thank him for the help. As I was walking away from the check point about 5 minutes later (a personal record for a TSA check point, most of the time they take 20-30min), I looked back and saw that the line had been re-closed and folks behind me were using the two lines that were already in use. I
made my flight with 15 minutes to spare thanks to a Brother I will likely never see again.
Figuring I was not going to make my flight I entered the TSA security check point. There were two lines going and the were moving rather slow so this confirmed the fact that I was going to have to take a later flight. There was a TSA supervisor directing people to which line to use. I noticed this guy was wearing a Master Mason ring and asked if he was a widow's son. He looked at me for a moment and asked where I was "traveling to today". I replied "To the east". He asked how old my Grandmother was and I replied with my lodge name and number "She has lived on a Summit for these past 114 years and has around 100 grandsons, although we only see about 15 at our montly family dinners" and I mentioned that I hoped I didn't miss my flight that I was already late for.
The TSA supervisor, turned around and told one of the TSA folks to open up a new lines and directed me through it and immediatly started talking to the person behind me so I was unable to thank him for the help. As I was walking away from the check point about 5 minutes later (a personal record for a TSA check point, most of the time they take 20-30min), I looked back and saw that the line had been re-closed and folks behind me were using the two lines that were already in use. I
made my flight with 15 minutes to spare thanks to a Brother I will likely never see again.