Hurry at the Airport!

My plane was scheduled to depart San Antonio, TX at 0635 AM, I just so happened to arrive at the airport at 0610. I had to depend on my roommate for a ride and he just kept taking his sweet time getting ready, while I tried to hurry him up. So I finally arrive at the airport, trying to hurry to check in, when I see the line for the security backed up like traffic on the interstate. I was thinking to myself this can not get any worse, and than it did. I was checking in via the tele-mated machines when it says it is too late to check in my bags, at this point I am quietly freaking out. I head to check in desk, and they helped me out tremendously and promised me my back will make the flight. I was so relieved until I put my bag on the scale and was 3 lbs overweight. The man at the counter noticed my sense of urgency and told me to forget about the weight and hurry up to go catch my plane. I was so happy to have such great customer service. When I got to the security line, they just created a new line and I finagled my way to the front of the line, and got through almost unscathed. I was subject to the random searching, I told them my situation and they tried to work with me and hurry up. They went fairly fast and I continued to go catch my plane, and made it in time to catch the end of the boarding. Rule of thumb always show up 1-2 before any scheduled flights, not 25 minutes.