Originally Posted by Jim
That's not random at all. Randomness implied unpredictability. If I was observing you at the checkpoint, I'd be able to predict with certainty which people you select by doing exactly what you do: picking the next person through the WTMD when you're free to conduct another screening.
Aha! Except that what I didn't say was that I wait a non-pre-determined period of time between each one, too~ Sometimes I might pull two people in a row, then I'll wait five seconds and pull the next guy that comes through, and then wait 42 seconds and pull the next guy through after that, and then ten seconds the next time. Then, also, there are the pull-overs that aren't random at all, but necessitated by policy that I have to pull over - such as someone wearing something large and bulky that requires a pat-down. Once I'm done with them, the count resets to another number and the countdown resumes.
However, I'll agree with you, it's probably not considered 'random' in the most...
correct sense of the term. So, yeah, we'll just go with arbitrary.
