Mildred Kirschenbaum is almost 101 and still flies around the world.
But whenever she does, one seriously funny thing happens.
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Just under 90,000 Americans alive today are over the age of 100.
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That means a mere0.027 percent of Americanshave hit that century mark.
“I want to share a funny story with you.
I have to fly up to New York again in May.
I was born in 1923, so I put in 23.”
We’re sure you’re able to already see the problem here.
“The supervisor has to come and they have to see me right through security.
No one seems to know how to correct it.”
“There must be a way, but none of us have found it yet.”
The only thing she has to do is show up a little early.
As Mildred shared withPeople, “I allow myself a half hour at the counter …
I’m not going to get myself worked up with it.
It’s an energy I hope every traveler can hold onto well into theirgolden years, too.
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