Handy to have

For a brief few minutes, this afternoon I was a security threat on the loose in the City County Building.

I had to go downtown to get a business license today. The Knox County Clerk's office where you get one is no longer inside the City County Building, for your information, but I didn't figure that out until I had already gone through security: the metal detector for me and the x-ray machine for my purse. Once I realized I was in the wrong place, I went to the right place: the old courthouse next door. These folks were a little more alert. I carry a knife in my purse. They found me out. (Yes, they took it, but they gave it back.)

Makes me wonder the obvious: how careful and consistent are the screeners (Knoxville City Police)? I'm more concerned that my knife was overlooked in a courthouse venue. What else might be slipping through the cracks? I guess guns would be way more obvious than little knives, though.

Granted, my knife is not huge and I'm done for if trying to defend myself against someone with a bigger knife or a gun or even a black belt. I don't really carry it for self-defense, though. I used to think boys were stupid for always having a knife in their pocket. There are lots of times I have needed my knife and it is handy to have.