A security agent at an airport ticket counter asks a passenger named Dave if he is carrying any firearms or pointed instruments during a routine security check for an upcoming American Airlines flight to California. The agent explains that they must be careful about security due to recent hijackings reported in the news.

1. Airport Ticket Counter

2. Dave is waiting on the lounge

3. All passengers traveling to California by American Airlines flight No. 210 are requested to proceed for airport security check. Thank you.

4. What do you want to check?

5. Are you carrying any fire arms or a pointed instrument?

6. No I do not have any kind of fire arms.

7. This is just a routine, sir. We have to be careful about security, you know. What with all these hijackings going on.

8. Yes, the newspapers are full of it these hijackings. I wonder how these people do it?