Flying to a course today. Get to the airport, young woman helping with the check-in kiosks asks if I am checking a bag. I say yes, and add quietly that it includes a firearm in a locked case so there’s other things we have to do. It’s a small, quiet airport and there were’t too many people around, but she says very loudly to the woman at the check-in counter 20 feet away “Gentleman has a firearm.”
Me, quietly: “It may not be the VERY best idea to announce that in a loud voice.”
Young airline woman: “It’s okay, they just have to know that at the counter because it’s a special procedure.”
Me: “It may not be the best to idea to ANNOUNCE that someone has a firearm, you see what I’m saying?”
Young airline woman: “Oh, yes, I see what you mean, thank you."