tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180270631422837748.post9195463989229695998..comments2023-08-16T09:39:08.120-04:00Comments on femonomics: Has airport security gone too far? And is it making us safer?Coca Colohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05951066922977616639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180270631422837748.post-58873065582623124162010-02-27T17:16:46.836-05:002010-02-27T17:16:46.836-05:00in case ANYONE was still wondering if airport secu...in case ANYONE was still wondering if airport security is theater or safety, or a job for lowlifes.......the other day, leaving Vegas (climbing, not gambling, thanks), I was wearing my usual carefully crafted outfit--spandex tee and yoga pants (the plan is to leave little to the imagination and offer to remove the rest if anyone tries to convince me I might have a toothpick hidden in there that they cannot see but could find by touching me--unlike Coca Colo, I prefer total nudity to being pawed by strangers) , as I stepped through the magnetometer, hands grabbed me about the waist--a uniformed female plays a bit around my waist as I scream "what the f&%$ are you touching me for""--she backs off (apparently only my waist was suspect) and sneers at her "colleagues," "she wonders what I am touching her for" ....silence from them, and says to me "unannounced random search". She picked the wrong chick. I scream, "I have a right against being molested" and get back "you surrender all your rights when you come to the airport." Her superiors did not think so..........doctorpeppernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180270631422837748.post-22011366979502640932010-02-17T00:36:42.877-05:002010-02-17T00:36:42.877-05:00I don't mind the taking off my shoes or jacket...I don't mind the taking off my shoes or jacket. I usually dress for travel, easy off shoes, no metal jewelry and a tee or dress gets me through in record time. I even love that some airports now have expert traveler lanes for security. However the carry on policy is where I get mad<br />After the underwear bomber, I heard a great comment on WGN radio in chicago, something along the lines of we can't profile people, so we profile articles of clothing, i.e shoes.<br />However, the way struggling airlines are scrapping to make money off of us any way they can, I don't see these policies changing any time soon. I imagine they make almost as much money off bag check fees as they do off the tickets. But if money truly is the goal, give me an airline with more expensive tickets, but none of these useless travel restrictions and charges and with real in flight refreshmentsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180270631422837748.post-59434875178433505742010-02-16T14:58:50.930-05:002010-02-16T14:58:50.930-05:00I fly a lot for work and pleasure and think that n...I fly a lot for work and pleasure and think that nowadays the restrictions are useless. At first I went along everytime there was a change, if it was to keep us safe then count me in. However in the past few years I've realized these are making no difference. If somebody really wants to hurt me on a plane, they will find a way to do it, shampoo or not! It instead has made me hate going to the airport! I do think it is minor in the grand scheme of our problems, but I always wonder to myself if everytime they makes changes it is for the allusion of safety alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com