11-26-2010, 06:58 AM
I had passionfruit syrup confiscated from me by the meanest TSA officer in Hilo a couple years ago. I quickly accepted my stupidity in forgetting the then new rule on liquids, but that wasn't enough for him. He was loud, lecturing, and hectoring -- a definite Type A+. His veins were popping out of his neck. I have never seen him again. He's gone. The TSA people in Hilo are very nice. He kinda reminded me of the lady I encountered when crossing one of those bridges on Kauai where only one car can go. I hadn't quite figured out which car should go and I went. As I drove across the bridge I could see a woman in a very expensive car seething and clutching the steering wheel for all she was worth. As I got to the other side of the bridge and passed her, she rolled down her window (horrors -- all that horrible real air coming in!) and said "You were supposed to wait for me you stupid idiot!" And then she caught herself, muttered something about a therapist and then literally spat out the words "Aloha anyway!!!!". So, now whenever I lose my temper even a little bit, or witness some person who does I make fun of that lady with those that are in the know.I do this by shaking my head from side to side, working myself up into a crescendo of shame at my own loss of control and anger that the world has not bent to my will. Then I sputter "Aloha anyway!!". It's hilarious. So....
Aloha anyway!
Aloha anyway!