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I had a very nice woman come up to me when I was document checking and say, "They loaded the plane and then took us off again, so they took my regular boarding pass, and my name isn't on this part." (it turned out she had stuck her gum on that part, and ripped it off to throw away.) "But I can go back down and get another boarding pass if I need to." I had actually checked her id, earlier, so I had every confidence that she was who she said she was. (For some reason I could even remember that her last name was Tsien.) But of course it's just too irregular, and nobody would let me get away with that, so she did end up having to go get another boarding pass. Even so, she saw me headed out as she was coming back, and thanked me for trying to help her, and said very convincingly that she understood that I don't make the rules. I was blown away that she would be so very polite, because most people just aren't.
It wasn't until today that I recalled who she'd been traveling with - some old guy who had that wide-eyed look of confusion and terror that comes with senility (you learn to look out for that when you're dealing with trying to get people through a complicated process), who's ID indicated that he was a politician. His name didn't ring a bell or stick with me like hers did, and I can't even recall if he was at a state level or federal level, but I did have a bit of worry that anyone who looked so vague was setting policy.
I wonder if his assistant is working on her own political career? I bet she'll do well.
My brother, Hawk, is showing up tomorrow, with GF in tow. Yipe. This place is still a bit of a shambles. When he called the other day he suggested that maybe he and his girlfriend could sleep in the van, if we wished. I countered that I wasn't sure it would be entirely convenient for them to have to come up if they had to use the bathroom, but now I'm looking around and saying to myself, "Well, these projects of Eor's which he has going could all be stored in the van, because they're all van related," so I think there won't be any room in the van for sleeping. :)