Originally Posted by xyzzy
How about the "open your trunk" thing being done at some NYC hotels. That's right, they hire some doofus to stand there and look into the trunk of every vehicle that drives in. "Yup -- looks like a suitcase to me..." They must pay an awful lot to these guards because not even I could spot the difference between a clothing-laden suitcase and a bomb-laden one simply by looking. What talent!
Here's how to handle it: charge them. "What you want to look in my trunk? $15. Yes, $15, it's my trunk, why should you get to look inside for free?"