Originally Posted by
RadioGirl
Before SATTSO says "told ya so", I'm not saying that TSO1973 should do his job perfectly, but at the least it would seem that someone doing a search is concentrating, to some extent, on what they're searching for. If you're patting someone down to find something that's (possibly) concealed, shouldn't you be aware of whether the area is question could conceal something? If you're patting down someone's bare arms, legs, feet, are you really thinking about what you're doing?
Suppose I'm driving down a street in the shopping district looking for a large department store, peering at building names or street numbers. If at some point I realize that all the buildings on both sides of the road, ahead of me and for the last six blocks, are suburban houses, wouldn't you think I'd stopped paying attention my search?
I understand what your saying, but can also tell you most people wear socks. After you have wanded hundreds (thousands in many cases) of people it's not that you are nit paying attention, but that habit is hard to break.
I believe I do my job well - not perfect
I have caught myself accidently wanding bare feet. But that was not because I was not paying attention. Habit can be a hard thing to break, even if you are paying attnetion.
And then, of course, there are the times your mind wanders. That is true. I would no of no one, in any profession - including you!
- who has not had a wandering mind from time to time at work.
But I would argue that mostly it's habit regardless of who well a screener is paying attention.