When I left Whitehorse this morning, a thick blanket of ash and smoke covered everything, including my truck. The rust spots were transformed back into stubborn grime. Beggars can't be choosers, can they? This is my 4th trip back to Ottawa since I left the city a little over a year ago. I am not sure if it something to do with me or this trip in particular, but I've seen more idiots in these terminals than you could shake a stick at. A big, knobby stick, with rusty nails in the end. (Of course, they would take said stick away before you could even attempt to sneak it on the damn plane so that's a no-go right off the bat.) An entire grade school class has just disembarked their flight and are in the process of organizing themselves in the middle of an atrium outside their gate. First of all, who takes an entire class on a field trip that involves airplanes? How in the world did they swing that with their board of education post 9/11? We weren't allowed to even go for a school field trip to a museum for years afterwards.
Secondly, and maybe more importantly, who would WANT to take 25-30 twelve year olds to a place where if they misbehave, you cannot simply send them home! I question the logic of taking a troup of children via plane on a class trip. These are not the critical thinkers I want in charge of the next generation.
In any case, stupidity seems to be prevelant on this journey.
TBC & Edited
Thursday, August 6, 2009
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