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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Loud-Bee6673 on 2023-09-30 20:14:40.

My (50 F) local airport, which also happens to be a major international airport, is usually pretty good with the security line. Even high travel weekends the line doesn’t take more than 30 or 40 minutes.

Until today.

I ended up being ready 20 minutes early so I decided to go ahead and leave so I had extra time. It was a fortuitous decision because the security line took 90 minutes. I don’t think it was that long for everyone, but my line kept getting bounced around with other lines waved in front of us, multiple times. I started getting anxious about missing my flight.

So then this 20s F can pushing through the line saying, “I need to get through, I am going to miss my flight!” The group of people around me and I and all stopped her. A couple of the others said “we are going to miss our flight!” and “everyone is in the same situation.” My comment was, “we have all be waiting over an hour.” Not in a mean way, but I was firm.

So she stood behind us, having already skipped a good 30-40 minutes already, and sobbed on the phone to somebody about how mean we were and we were such AHs for not letting her skip ahead.

I do feel bad, missing a flight is really stressful and it is frustrating to be help up by things you can’t control. At the same time, I feel like letting one person through would lead to everyone else thing they should get to skip too. Plus, I do feel like a part of airport travel is making sure you get there in time for contingencies.

So AITA for not allowing a person to cut in front of us in the airport security line, when we were all in danger of missing our flights?

(And yes, I know ITA for not getting my TSA clear check. I have been meaning to and definitely will before I travel again.)