Cancelled flights. Phantom visas. Racial profiling. Lost AirPods.

Still made it.

Still Bitcoin

👇🏽

Trying to get to Fort Lauderdale for #MiningDisrupt. Routed through Montreal to save time. Mistake.

At check-in:

“Where’s your ETA?”

Me: “What’s an ETA?”

Apparently Canada wants a transit visa even if I’m not entering.

Apply online. “15 minutes” they say. It never shows. Flight cancelled.

Call my agent in Lebanon. She finds me a #Delta flight leaving in 50 minutes. Canadian desk says I won’t make it.

I ignore her.

Sprint to Delta. Supervisor stops me. not to check my passport.

“What do you do?”

I say: “Bitcoin.”

He smirks: “You’re good. Enjoy your trip bro.”

Checked in 120sec before cutoff. Staff claps. As if I landed a plane myself.

Security: chaos.

Boarding. Random security check. Of course. Not blue-eyed Kyle behind me. Me.

When searching for “electronics”, I noticed: I forgot my AirPods in one of the security Xtray trays. Super Nintendo case.

I inform a Delta lady at the boarding and board anyway. Doors about to close.

Then, after like 20min in my seat; the Delta staffer appears, drenched in sweat, holding up the case. “Are these yours?” 🙃

So today I:

– Got wrecked by bureaucracy

– Rescued by a #Bitcoin nod

– Profiled at the gate

– Reunited with my gear

– And still made the flight

The system tried. It failed.

I didn’t.

Keep moving #Nostr.