Alias Wrote:
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> I had a little run-in with airport security last
> Friday. I was in line with my shoes, laptop,
> jacket, bag, all neatly arranged in two plastic
> containers, when my travel companion noticed that
> our line was heading straight into the scanning
> device that sees through your clothes. So, we
> picked up our baskets and moved to another line,
> muttering comments like, “That will be the day I
> walk through one of those things… how
> disgusting.â€
>
> Unfortunately, the line we moved to wasn’t any
> safer. This big TSA man was choosing people from
> the line to enter the naked body scan. I was
> chosen but politely declined his request, saying,
> no thank you, I think I’ll go through that one,
> pointing to the scanner without x-ray vision. The
> man sternly instructed me to enter the naked
> scanner, but I ignored him and walked up to the
> G-rated one. The man angrily informed me that I
> would now be subjected to a full body pat down.
> Fine, I said, but let me ask you... what alerted
> you to me, anyway... was it the little freckles on
> my nose? The man was not amused and gave me a
> look that said, keep it up honey and you’re
> going to find yourself in a room with a big table
> and no windows.
>
> While undergoing my full pat down, in full view,
> I could hear people saying… why are they doing
> that to her, to which my travel companion loudly
> answered... because she wouldn’t go through the
> full body scan that sees through your clothes.
> Other women started saying... I don’t want to go
> through that machine, either. So, a big man was
> sent out to SPEAK to my companion and keep her
> quiet until it could be determined that I was not,
> in fact, a terrorist. When no bombs or lethal
> devices were discovered on my body and no chemical
> residue was found on my feet or hands, we were
> released from custody and permitted to continue on
> our journey.
>
> Strangely enough, while having lunch in one of
> the airport restaurants, I, a suspected terrorist,
> was given a knife with a sharp serrated edge. I
> waved it around in the air for a moment, just in
> case security cameras were aimed in my direction.
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