' I laughed as well , but the incident serves as an example of how conditioned and submissive air travelers have become to tsa 's totalitarianism , ' mr. simms said .
Mr. simms , a finance professional , says he didn 't have any friends or relatives who could help out . He also couldn 't afford to hire someone with the web-design skills his start-up idea demanded .
Mr. simms didn 't know mr. miller , but the networking site showed that they graduated from the same university and both lived in southern california .