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Ok, so this is minor league, but it was still unfortunate.
I flew into New Bern, NC, on one of the last (if not the last) flight of the night. This is a tiny airport, but it's actually clean. Since it's small, though, the TSA and airport staff lock up the gate area behind large glass doors and go off somewhere between flights. That's where my problem came in. I got off the plane and walked into the gate area, but stopped at the ladies' room. Not a long visit and certain a typical behavior after being in one of those small regional commuter planes. I came out of the bathroom and found that I had been locked in gate area. Not another living soul was in sight. I swear I was just in the bathroom for a minute. I stood at the glass doors and looked for a courtesy phone. Of course not. I yelled to see if anyone would hear me. Of course not. I beat on the glass doors. Nothing. Twenty minutes later, someone wandered by and saw me waving and jumping around to get their attention. They let me out and when I got to the luggage area, an employee remarked that they'd wondered what had happened to me when they saw my suitcase was unclaimed.
I'm still amazed that it took that long to notice me in there. Aren't there security cameras?
