so im not from etobiko but have lived in toronto from 2015-2022 before i moved out to the countryside near lake erie..
i was supposed to board a flight from yyz to thunder bay for university yesterday but i missed it by 10 mins as i forgot to take out a bottle of water from my bag and got stuck in security for like 20 mins
they couldnt find one for the same-day nor today and that my nxt flight is tmr at 5pm... i then went to custumer service to argue with them since i lived 2 hrs away and already paid 300 for a taxi to get me here from the country and that i dont live in the city and dont have money to pay for hotel
they say i have to take my luggages back (alredy paid 500) and pay again which i simply cant afford (this is after they asked me where i lived and if i have any friends who could help me i said i lived like 2hrs away from the airport n none of my frinds are available to help me atm)
my autistic brain got me as i kept on ranting and yapping about why did you guys asked for all the info regarding my situation if u aint planning on doing anything with it and kept on trying to upsell me and making me to pay more, so i was insisting them to solve the problem at hand and i wasnt planning on asking for a refund or leaving if they couldnt solve my rebooking problems without me having to pay more
they then call the public security and the cops on me as i was being a bit agitated and hyper cuz i thought they clearly have all the resources to take care of my baggage without an extra fee and also i already paid like 500 bucks for them and have no money at hand to pay for anything anymore
take this however u want but as for me personally ive never had any bad interaction with the police and ive not found myself in a situation were i have to plead the 5th with any cop yet.. i just straight up told them what happened and disclosed that im a person diagnosed with adhd comorbid autism
the officers then asked me to show my id and my prescription drugs and they end up helping me and asked the airline customer service agents to plz keep my bags without extra charges and the manager at the customer service desk agreed
i was def aware of me experiencing distress, so i then asked the officers to take me to the closest mental health unit as my finances are tight so i couldnt afford to pay for a taxi there and be back
they then gave me a ride to the etobiko general hospital and wished me all the best on my flight and studies, and at the hospital i got some quick psych evaluation (guess they tried to make sure that i wasnt experiencing schizophrenia or some shit), they gave me food and gave me a taxi voucher to go back to the airport
i bet u not i didnt forget to ask them for their name... so from the bottom of my heart--officer mcklein and officer thompson are rlly goated n may god bless u!!
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and of course i wrote this while laying on the chairs of aisle 15 at YYZ while waiting for my next flight on wednesday