As many of you know, Monday mornings at O'Hare is a zoo; this past Monday was made worse due to weather delays, etc. I was dropped off at the First class entrance as it is usually less crowded but when I approached the self-checkin machines, I noticed the first class security line was incredible long. I checked-in, had my bag tagged by the agent and proceeded the drop my bag off at the baggage check area. For those of you familiar with O'Hare, the middle security check-in area has a section for elites. The elite line was long but not as long as the first class area.

As we got closer to the TSA agent who checks your ID and boarding pass, I could see there was a lady (she was 3 ppl ahead of me) who did not belong there and the agent was trying to get her to go back to the normal line. This lady would not budge even after several requests by the agent and after the agent had unhooked the rope barrier so she could step aside. I was getting a bit annoyed at this time because this lady would not leave the line and my flight was boarding within minutes. Long story short, the agent let the lady back in line - but I noticed she did more than stamp her boarding pass - seemed like she wrote something on it. I thought it was weird that the TSA agent kind of gave in and let her though, but oh well.

The agent checks my ID and I'm in line to go through the screener. As the other lady was going through the security screener, she was pulled aside. This is where it got funny because she is now whining about how she's going to miss her flight and all that, and they're telling her she was flagged for additional screening.

I did not stick around long enough to find out what happened, but the agents looked like they were going to make her wait for a little bit longer.