Security

I am terrible at airport security. I have never been able to walk through without something happening. Sometimes this is as simple as getting waved by the wand, or pulled over for a random drug search. In security to get to Paris, I had to walk through the metal detector several times, before we worked out it was my hair tie. I then lost my boarding pass. In security from Paris to London, it was something more serious. This time I lost my passport. Thankfully it was returned by a very cross french security woman, who apparently had been calling my name for five minutes, while I was panicking trying to find it. I barely recognise my name when my friends call me, so in a crowded airport, with lots of noise and strange accent rendering my name unrecognisable unless I was listening for it, its no wonder I didn't hear her. After that rather stressful and embarrassing procedure I forgot to take my water bottle out of my bag. So I was again hauled over by security for having liquids in my bag. Its not because I'm careless or that I don't respect the procedures. But I tend to get nervous when surrounded by so much authority, and my brain goes off at hundred mile an hour, without actually doing anything productive, like keeping track of my passport, or taking any notice of what my hands are doing. So I always do something at the airport to make something happen. I'm thoroughly convinced I'm going to get myself arrested one day. But no matter how hard I try, I just can't get it right.