SMILE

First of all, Terminal 1 of the Laguardia airport is SUPER shady looking when you first walk in—looks like a deserted version of the grand central terminal, but scaled down to only a portion of its size.

Second of all, I understand that we’re only allowed two carry on items (one carry on luggage and one personal item), but really? You’re making me put my laptop bag into my handbag, JUST to walk two steps?

What happened was I arrived at the security check point (where the security dude checks your ticket and identification) and I had my handbag, my laptop bag, and my duffle bag. My laptop bag fits into my handbag, so I was going to do that so it’ll just be “two” carry on items, but I KNEW they were going to make us take our laptops out when we go through the scans (right BEHIND the guy who checks your ticket and ID), so I didn’t bother combining the bags. This guy standing next to the security guy said, “Miss, you are only allowed two items”, so I say, “Yeah! I know, the laptop goes in my handbag, I just have it out since I need to take it out of my bag for the scanning process.” He shakes his head and says, “No! You must only have two carry on pieces when you’re going through the security point (aka, the guy checking the ticket and ID), you have to combine your bags NOW.”

So ultimately, I had to take five minutes to stuff my laptop into my bag to walk two steps, then take my laptop out of my bag again.

So. frigging. stupid.