travelin’
ok, so before all hell broke loose with airline travel, i had the opportunity to lug my shiny new travel hoop with me from toronto, to vancouver to honolulu and back. i kid you not my friends. it was attached to the outside of my backpack (mostly because it would not fit into my check-in baggage.) the nice counter person at air canada warned me that security was the last word on letting me take it with me and if they did not let me what would i do? well i couldn’t just chuck it into the trash can now could i? my hands were still sore from making the damn thing! she saw my dilemma and offered to let me check it into over sized baggage without charge…thanks, very nice. so as i waited in line for security, removing shoes and pulling out the laptop, the first guard looked at me blankly and asked what the 4 curved tubes were (decorated with bright blue and white stripes), i flashed the biggest smile i could and said "its a hula hoop!", well, that was contagious and he smiled, said to the guard looking at the monitor "hula hoop coming through!".
excellent! that’s the secret…most people get defensive and cranky to these regular people who are just doing a job, so passing on some happiness makes their day and their job a lot easier. i’m no terrorist, and i dint know any, so i’d like my travel to be easy and suspicion free. pass the word.
