Airport Stupidity
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:54 am
It's not about security any more, it's all about having power and authority to control people. Going through the airport security, item one, you cannot take is your own water through,, but you can buy their water at a inflated price. Twice now, I have frozen a bottle of water and wrapped it in tinfoil to keep it cold on a long flight and it has not been detected or taken off me. Is it cause ice is not water or is it because of the tinfoil wrapping ?
You are asked to take your shoes off when going through the security inspection, but this appears to be only for some people.
The next item which is very dangerous to take on a plane is your belt holding up your pants. Much more dangerous than the webbing on my backpack which is stronger and longer. Six months ago a German guy with a 62 inch beer belly was asked to take off his belt and then he purposely let his pants drop to the floor. As he waddled forward, they asked him to lift his pants up and he made several attempts at bending over to reach them , shouting holly shizen houtzen or something. Not a pretty sight as I was only a few metres behind him. Interesting to note, I have never seen them ask a female to take her belt off
The next most dangerous item I have had taken off me is a pair of nail clippers, much more dangerous than a pen. ?
The latest ''most dangerous'' item is rolls of two inch wide packaging tape.,,, I bought a MP3 player and a power pack battery to send to a friend in Malaysia and thought rather than send from Cambodia, I would post it when I got to KL airport. I thought they may want to check the parcel [ battery ]' so I took 3 rolls of tape with me so I could package it later.
The scanner at the PP airport picked up the tape and I opened my backpack to show them. ,,, They removed ONE roll , and then waved me through. I hope they do a more efficient job when terrorist go through with 3 knives or 3 bombs.
When going through security and boarding at the Australian side ,, I saw a guy put a cigarette lighter in the tray along side his other items , I asked the security guy, is that item ok ,,, Answer yes ??
Several years ago I bought a '' waffle maker '' the type you put over a fire . As it was too long I unscrewed the steel handles [ which were quarter inch steel rod ] , making the waffle maker about six inches shorter and it fitted into my bag ok. I was told I could not take the handles, and I asked for a supervisor for a second opinion. While waiting I screwed the handles back into the waffle maker , and guess what. The item was quite safe. I unscrewed them later so the would fit back in my bag.
You are asked to take your shoes off when going through the security inspection, but this appears to be only for some people.
The next item which is very dangerous to take on a plane is your belt holding up your pants. Much more dangerous than the webbing on my backpack which is stronger and longer. Six months ago a German guy with a 62 inch beer belly was asked to take off his belt and then he purposely let his pants drop to the floor. As he waddled forward, they asked him to lift his pants up and he made several attempts at bending over to reach them , shouting holly shizen houtzen or something. Not a pretty sight as I was only a few metres behind him. Interesting to note, I have never seen them ask a female to take her belt off
The next most dangerous item I have had taken off me is a pair of nail clippers, much more dangerous than a pen. ?
The latest ''most dangerous'' item is rolls of two inch wide packaging tape.,,, I bought a MP3 player and a power pack battery to send to a friend in Malaysia and thought rather than send from Cambodia, I would post it when I got to KL airport. I thought they may want to check the parcel [ battery ]' so I took 3 rolls of tape with me so I could package it later.
The scanner at the PP airport picked up the tape and I opened my backpack to show them. ,,, They removed ONE roll , and then waved me through. I hope they do a more efficient job when terrorist go through with 3 knives or 3 bombs.
When going through security and boarding at the Australian side ,, I saw a guy put a cigarette lighter in the tray along side his other items , I asked the security guy, is that item ok ,,, Answer yes ??
Several years ago I bought a '' waffle maker '' the type you put over a fire . As it was too long I unscrewed the steel handles [ which were quarter inch steel rod ] , making the waffle maker about six inches shorter and it fitted into my bag ok. I was told I could not take the handles, and I asked for a supervisor for a second opinion. While waiting I screwed the handles back into the waffle maker , and guess what. The item was quite safe. I unscrewed them later so the would fit back in my bag.