COLUMN: Wrong lessons taught

To say that I was disappointed with Mr. Brooks’s article in Monday’s paper is an understatement.

Let’s teach our kids how to cheat the system in order to make things easier for us at the airport.

What are we saying to our kids if we tell them that to circumvent the lines we should ask for a wheelchair? Does that leave enough wheelchairs for those who really need them? How about asking for fragile stickers for luggage that isn’t fragile? If every passenger did that, I think we would find all of our flights delayed because of the extra time it would take baggage handlers.

And to say that a little girl isn’t entitled to carry her bag down the aisle is just plain mean. She is just as entitled to her space and her baggage as you are.

Shame on your Mr. Brooks.

TWYLA JENSEN

Coeur d’Alene