Originally Posted by
bealine
To our regular, Frequent Flyer
real ladies and gentlemen out there, can I ask you one enormous favour please. When you next go through security, please make an effort to smile, make eye contact and be pleasant to the security people even if you get stopped and searched - because, secretly, you know what an awful job they have! Go on, make their day!
Bea
Absolutely right ^. I too am saddened at the abuse these people suffer on this forum. If you approach these employees with this attitude, then what on earth do you expect to get back?
I have never been shouted at at T5 in the same way that I am regularly by the TSA in the US and even there, it is mostly just because it's the US... a bit aggressive, loud and uncouth
I don't take it personally.
All over the world I always approach with a smile and comply with requests and what do you know? It goes fine and I get as good as I give.
In fact my little Victorinox card containing tiny nail scissors and file has been all over the world for the last 12 months in my cabin luggage - countless times through T5 security - and those two elements were only taken from me at HKG last week
. That's the first time in a while I've become annoyed at the inconsistency of airport security but of course I didn't say anything. The HKG guy was polite but firm and it was not like I was going to win the argument... so they went into the bin.