Charles de Gaulle Airport

I got sick during my stay in Paris. For three days, it was a stormy weather. My asthma reacted immediately. One week with fever and all the rest.

By the time I had to leave, my luggage was a mess. I was too tired to put it in order, to throw away the unnecessary thinks.

In the Airport, the machinery started to make funny noises when my bag went through. A customs officer appeared and took the bag to be checked out. Good for him, he used gloves. With the flow I had, touching my thinks by a healthy person required gloves. Few minutes later he discovered the metal objects that made the machinery sing. He took out the case I kept all the thinks needed for the nails, the eyebrows, the tooth, the ears, e.t.c. in.

It is hard to imagine the mess in there: powder all over the place, stacked on the objects, pieces of toilet paper, a rest of toothpaste, few cleaning ears sticks warped in a piece of toilet paper.

He picked all the metal objects and put them aside, one by one. Because of the stories I heard before, from lots of people whose belongings were confiscated, I got scared. I was not sure what his intentions were, so each time he took an object, I immediately defended it, with desperation: “Please, don’t take that, I need it.”

At first, he said nothing. The next objects he put aside, the same reaction from my side: “Don’t take it away, it’s important.”

Very calm and serious, the custom officer asked me: “is this important?” showing me the old tweezers.
- Very important. They don’t do this anymore. Is a present from my mother. It is very good and very important.

He realized that for me, everything from the messy case was vital.

He took out the ears sticks, looked at it and asked:
- Are those important as well?
- No, those you can take, if you feel like.
- I won’t take anything. I’m just going to put them in a bag.
- Thank you!

While the custom officer did what he said and sealed the bag, he asked me:
- What country are you from, Mrs.?
- From Romania.

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