A location where I had to hasten myself was during the flight security check-ins, especially after immigration when we’re about to board the plane. The security check-in right before that is very annoying actually because you have to remove your shoes. You even have to remove any bells or any magnetic or anything that when you cross the security check-in and the thing that starts beeping an alarm, anything which will detect on your body, you have to remove everything like bells or hair clips or any sort of jewelry that will trigger the alarm and you have to keep them all separately in a tray that will go through the belt for the staff to check through the scanner. And this has to be very fast, this has to be very rapid because there are many in line and the time for boarding is usually just about half an hour and when it’s a full packed flight that’s when it gets very dirty because you have to hurry up before they close the gate. So I did try to open my shoes and keep them in a separate tray. I actually had clip-ons on my hair which I had to remove and keep it on a separate smaller tray and I passed it through, I passed through the female security check-in then I ran towards my seat before the boarding of the plane and I sat there and then there was another check-in I had to do, another security check-up all over again. Fine this time they had to go through my luggage which I carried in my hand. I actually had a backpack where I had my laptop, the laptop’s charger, I had a power bank, earphones and I also had a side bag with important documents such as my passport and the boarding pass as well and another luggage I had which was a trolley. I kept all my clothes, undergarments, shoes and everything in it so I had to open up everything in front of the security check-in.
Band 7+: Describe an occasion when you had to do something in a hurry.
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A location where I had to hasten myself was during the flight security check-ins, especially after immigration when I was about to board the plane. The security check-in right before that is very annoying because you have to remove your shoes. You even have to remove any belts or anything magnetic that could trigger the alarm when you cross the security check-in. Anything that will be detected on your body, you have to remove, like belts, hair clips, or any sort of jewelry that will set off the alarm. You have to keep them all separately in a tray that will go through the belt for the staff to check through the scanner. This has to be very fast; it has to be rapid because there are many people in line, and the time for boarding is usually just about half an hour. When it's a fully packed flight, that's when it gets very hectic because you have to hurry up before they close the gate. So I did try to take off my shoes and keep them in a separate tray. I actually had clip-ons in my hair that I had to remove and place in a smaller tray, and I passed through the female security check-in. Then I ran towards my seat before the boarding of the plane and sat down. Then there was another check-in I had to do, another security check-up all over again. This time they had to go through my luggage, which I carried in my hand. I had a backpack with my laptop, the laptop charger, a power bank, earphones, and a side bag with important documents such as my passport and boarding pass. I also had another piece of luggage, a trolley, where I kept all my clothes, undergarments, shoes, and everything, so I had to open up everything in front of the security check-in.
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