Having spent a week traveling through airports where I didn't have to remove shoes, I went through security at LAX Sunday - ok, laptop out of briefcase, ipod out of pants pocket, blackberry out of holster, jacket off and in bin, boarding pass out of jacket and in hand. I wait for the woman ahead of me to go through the scanner keeping an eye on my things as they go into the black hole. I hear, "what do you think you're doing?" barked in a nasty tone. I look at a TSA fellow and he says, "What do you think you're trying to pull?" At 7am it's a bit early and then I realize - looking down, shoes on - now off. His comment, "That's a smart boy"

What an aXXhole -