OK, folks, please stop flaming me privately!
I tried to make clear that I am NOT complaining about security
increases, and I am trying to find a way to work within them. I want
for everyone to be safe, and I do NOT want to cause problems. Several
years ago I took at look at the scissors I had regularly carried onto
planes, decided on my own that they were too sharp, and substituted a
tiny pair with 3/4" blades from a sewing repair kit, so they couldn't
be taken and used against someone (or so I thought before this
disaster). I NEVER had a security person even raise an eyebrow about
the older, potentially dangerous scissors, this was a change that I
made from my own evaluation.
I know from experience, that I become nervous and aggitated when I
spend long hours confined on a plane. Even though I love to read, it
only works for short periods of time when I am on a plane. Believe
me, it is in the best interest of those around me for me to remain
fairly calm, and fiber work is the only thing that I have found that
regularly works. From talking with other fiber folks, I know that I
am not the only person who has this problem and solution.
Drugging myself doesn't work- sleeping pills only make me more
anxious- I end up having to pace up and down the aisle, which I
consider both not safe and bothersome to others, but better than
losing it and throwing a fit because I am so anxious! (However I
will never take a sleeping pill again).
I suppose that an answer would be to simply not get on a plane, but
I'm trying to not let the terrorists control my life.
Honestly, I know that I'm not the only person who uses fiber to
control a fear of flying... Can we please think constructively on
how to safely deal with these limits rather than flaming each other?
Thanks,
Corie
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Corie Gochicoa
Financial Aid Counselor
203 Day Hall, Cornell University 607-255-5145
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