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A couple of days ago, I was talking with my 20 year-old son. He was telling  me that his mother was going to buy him a train ticket to come home for the Thanksgiving holiday. I thought, good idea, but then realized that it was a ten hour trip each way.

I knew that my ex-wife was putting him on the train for the cost. I on the other hand, knew I could get him a flight home for a little more money. So, I looked and did just that. For $80 more he could be home in about a hour. I was trying to be helpful.

It was around noon when I started my endeavor. I called my son, checked his schedule and found out how long he could stay. I told him what I had planned,said his flight left at 3:55 and asked if he could get to the airport by 3:00. He said,"not a problem".

Now apparently, my concept of time and a 20 somethings is quite different.I always try to be early for everything I do, no matter what it is. Now I don't always make it, as most  grown-ups can attest to. But we certainly do not think that arriving 5 minutes before a flight is prudent. My son thinks everything is approximate. work starts at 8-ish, school 10-ish. hour before your flight, apparently is 20 minutes.

I get a call from a frantic son, "Dad, they won't let me on the plane, they said I was late."

"What time did you get there?" was my reply.

"Well, just now, but I'm 20 minutes early I can see the plane right out side the window." was his response. "I just rode my skateboard two miles and they won't let me on the plane, they said I needed to be here a hour before".

"Yes, that's true", I commented.

Now it's not like the airport in Santa Barbara is the size of LAX. It is a little rural place, I think you board the plane from the tarmac still. The boarding process had just started, but as the attendant explained, the pilot had already done his pre-flight checks and weight calculations, so adding less than 200 pounds, would cause the plane to explode and go down in flames. They could have let him get on that plane. I had checked him online so all he had to do was show up and get on. But, rules are rules.

The attendant told him not to worry, they would put him on stand-by for the next plane  or get him on the last flight of the night at 8:00. He wasn't happy but made the next plane at 5:45 and  I saw him in about a hour in San Francisco. 

I pay to send him to college, and hope he learns. I'm not sure it's working, I can only hope.

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