Originally Posted by
glafollette
Poor planning has me traveling today so I'm passing thru MSP (for the 58th time this teay!) and am amazed at the security!! I realize the Republican delegates, etc. are arriving so I wasn't surprised by their (security) presence, just by their sheer numbers. I sat down at the Subway beside the C concourse WC and in less than 10 minues saw at LEAST a dozen different bright-blue shirted TSA folk, four management level people with walkie-talkies working with the TSA-ers, and an equal or greater number on uniformed airport police --- and one bicycle mounted cop. The place is literally CRAWSLING with security. The WC employees say it's been this way since Friday. They aren't slowing anyone down (it's VERY quiet here!) but there are a ton of them.
I flew in for my weekend trip home on Saturday morning. I got a kick out of the bright red floor placards sponsored by 3m welcoming delagates to the 2008 RNC. If there wasn't so much security running around the carousel level, I would have considered palming two cans of spray paint (one dark blue and one white) and overlaying my own "Obama 08" overlay for each red RNC placard..
Also, did you see the very silly, bright red arrows on the floor pointing RNC delegates to to key areas of interest to arriving PAX, like the elevators? If I were flying into MSP to attend the 2008 RNC, I would be a bit insulted at the suggestion that I couldn't navigate myself around the MSP Main Terminal...
I would put down on my convention feedback card a reminder that we're not in Kindergarten anymore.
-A