Posts

Showing posts with the label resemblance

Resemblance

Image
Houston is a very international city. At the airport, the mall or just at the grocery store you will hear many languages and see people from every culture imaginable. So on my recent visit I had to stop and laugh at my airport experience. In the security line I was sandwiched between two families who both appeared to be from India. Family number one went up to the attendant, had their boarding passes checked along with their passports. Upon being called for my turn, I started for the podium and the one of the family members behind also moved forward. The security attendant asked the lady to step back, but when she didn't he inquired, "Are you all together?" She replied, "No."  So the attendant instructed her to wait her turn behind the line. Reaching the check in station I laughingly said to the man, "You knew we weren't together, didn't you?" He snickered a bit and said, "Yes, but I was just doing what I had been trained to do." We...