Originally Posted by VideoPaul

TPA is not alone. A few months ago I was geting dropped off at ORD and went to give my heartbroken 2 year old (not happy daddy was leaving) a hug before I went into the terminal. The Chicago Police traffic goon came up and said "Move yo car". I told her I was leaving in a moment and the car would be gone.

"I SAID MOVE YO CAR NOW!"

I heard you, ma'am. I am going to gay goodbye to my daughter and then the car will be gone very quickly.

"ISS GONNA BE A HUNNERT DOLLA HUG YOU BETTA MOVE YO CAR!"

At this point I shut the door without being able to comfort my daughter and the car pulls away and I looked at the traffic goon and said "What's worse, your attitude or your command of the English language? I'll bet you are just the pride of your family. Are you the first one to use two syllable words? Without that ticket pad you're flipping burgers at Wendy's." and turned to walk into the terminal.

She gets this absolutely shocked look on her face and yells "YOU COME BACK HERE RIGHT NOW"

I respond "What are you gonna do, arrest me, meter maid? My car is gone and you're not smart enough to remember the license plate number, but it started with the letters F-O!!"

Childish, boorish, uncalled for, sinking to her level, I know. I plead guilty to all of the above. But as I stood in the TSA line to meet more people with a similar command of English, I wondered if it might have been worth the ticket just to force the court appearance and subpoena her supervisor to see if this kind of treatment is acceptable to Dick Daley's jackbooted thugs.

Welcome to Chicago, we're glad you're here! Just don't stop at O'Hare.

--PP