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Originally posted by littlegirlblue
I could not believe it when I heard it on the news. I do a lot of traveling for my job and I wonder how much does the suit thing work because I would say I am 50/50 on being "randomly checked." I feel you about the dirty clothes....touch it if you want, but you better put it back how you found it. I think they really need to make some guidelines and implement them nationally because now, people are doing as they please. When I flew out of town last week, before boarding the plane, the security agent walked up to the ticket agent and said for me to step over to the side to have my bags checked. Well, I was wearing a suit and was trying to look all grown up, but I think his main reason was to try and get into my business. I had turned off my cell phone, so he takes it out my bag and was like I have to turn it on to make sure it works and to get your phone number if you don't mind. It took the grace of God for me to not explode because he had no real purpose. I kindly told him I am married, even though I am 100% single and waiting for the phine man to come along, and that I don't think my husband would appreciate another man calling his wife. After I said that, he stopped going through my stuff and was like thank you and threw my stuff back in my bag.
---I just had to vent for a second. This airline security stuff is really starting to get next me. Sometimes I see why people ask for a drink when they get on the plane.
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Soror, something like that happened to me. I was flying from Ft. Lauderdale to Detroit this past May, and I got 'randomly selected'. It was all good till the guard had me sitting there for a good 30 minutes. Dude was 'supposedly' asking me random security questions, but I know damn well he was trying to holla. He stared at my ID for the LONGEST time, asked me if that was my real address, turned my cellular on 'to see if it worked
yeah right...' and was asking me all these questions about why was I going to Detroit. Then all of a sudden, this female guard comes over and asks if there is a problem, and then he FINALLY says no and lets me go.
Another thing--Ladies, if you are wearing a belt, do they make you unbuckle your belt and take it off, and then they wave the wand around your pants button?? I hate that. That is so borderline, to me. I mean, I'm all for airline security, but sometimes they just take it a bit too far.
*stepping off my soapbox now*