Oh, and to add to the madness, Mrs. GHF came through the checkpoint after me. I had rolled my eyes when the ID checker went over my passport with a blacklight and used the lupe on the boarding pass.

After we were on the plane, Mrs. GHF told me that one ID checker had said to the screener standing next to him: "he's not very happy, is he? He should just comply like everyone else". Mind you, I said not one word.

I have no doubt that had this been a TSA airport that I would have been detained and checked by a spotter simply because I rolled my eyes at the charade.