Serendipitous Security Screening

I know, I know, TLDR, but this is why I’m stunned by how well this morning turned out.

For my job site visit in Kelowna, in an environmentally conscious vein, I took transit instead of my car which meant I arrived about 15 minutes behind my ideal schedule.

And to make matters worse, as soon as I was halfway down the airport escalator the full consequence of my folly was realized. The day after the Labour Day long weekend is no day to cut corners on timing. The queue snaked through its full complement of posts and ribbon permutations to extend outside the security zone which meant about four more rows of people had been added even before entering the security screening lobby.

I was silently doing the math in my head of how I would probably JUST make my flight if I jogged straight from the secure area to my gate (alas, no breakfast!) when a uniformed woman interrupted my trance to say I’d been selected for security pre-screening, based mostly on the bulk of my backpack I surmised.

After effortlessly being allowed to bypass probably 400-500 people in line ahead of me I realized I was enjoying a breakfast sandwich and an Americano only about 20 minutes after exiting the Skytrain. Unbelievable how things turn out sometimes!

And plus, my flight was only about 2/3 full, meaning I enjoyed more elbow room with no one else in my row. And plus-plus, it was sunny and I had a south-facing window seat. A good start to my day!