San Fran airport experience

Thunder said:
I got to go through their newfangled million dollar body scanner thingy, and yet they did not notice the water bottle in my back-pack.

waz up wit dat???? :confused:
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This is because they have constructed a million dollar hammer to crush an ant.
 
Thunder said:
I got to go through their newfangled million dollar body scanner thingy
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Does anyone know the reaction to this device from people whose culture says they must not be seen naked? I remember this was one of the things that made the Abu Ghraib abuses particularly bad in the eyes of Muslim men.

Aren't there alternatives to going through this machine? Is groping really much of an alternative?
 
ravdin said:
Consider yourself lucky. I got the full rectal probe at SFO last time. The TSA agent said that's what they do with everyone now, but I think the story is a bit fishy....
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Weren't you the least bit suspicious that it was done in the parking garage?
 
Puppycow said:
So it doesn't really save any time or hassle? Poop! :mad:
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There was one at the gate at Schipol airport when I was flying out about a month ago- they stopped using after the first few passengers went through, I'm guessing because it was taking too long :confused:

Thunder in Australia you can fly on domestic flights with as much liquid as you want (as long as it's within the weight limits). Maybe they just don't care about liquid for domestic flights anymore?
 
Weak Kitten said:
Yeah, I remember my first year of art college. You get a few people tittering in their first class with a nude model but after a few months of it you stop even seeing them as people any more. You just sort of get in the zone and it doesn't matter any more. Of course, if you were late to class and weren't in the zone yet it could be a bit disconcerting walking into a room and finding a naked person there.
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My wife and I belong to a swimsuit-free pool. You really don't even think about it (but it's so much better climbing out of the water without wet cloth stuck to your skin)
 
Our water bottles were ignored in our carryon leaving the country, and inspected and had to be empty when we flew back from Iceland. But I believe they were empty leaving so perhaps they can tell in the baggage Xray the bottles were empty.
 
ravdin said:
Consider yourself lucky. I got the full rectal probe at SFO last time. The TSA agent said that's what they do with everyone now, but I think the story is a bit fishy....
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Your TSA is an ET in disguise :D
 
Giraffe107 said:
There was one at the gate at Schipol airport when I was flying out about a month ago- they stopped using after the first few passengers went through, I'm guessing because it was taking too long :confused:

Thunder in Australia you can fly on domestic flights with as much liquid as you want (as long as it's within the weight limits). Maybe they just don't care about liquid for domestic flights anymore?
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I just hope Thunder's bottle didn't contain underpants... :D
 
theprestige said:
Is there any reason to believe Thunder's anecdote is even true in the first place?
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Not involving a body scanner but a couple of years ago I went to fly out of Newark NJ to CA. At the last minute I decided to switch to a lighter jacket.

After getting through FULL security, I was waiting for my flight and felt something in my pocket... a 4" lockback knife. They totally missed it (which was good because who knows what would have happened if they found it)
 
jayh said:
Not involving a body scanner but a couple of years ago I went to fly out of Newark NJ to CA. At the last minute I decided to switch to a lighter jacket.

After getting through FULL security, I was waiting for my flight and felt something in my pocket... a 4" lockback knife. They totally missed it (which was good because who knows what would have happened if they found it)
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I accidentally had a pocket knife in my carryon one time. I meant to leave it in the car and was relieved it wasn't found and taken away.
 
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