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From a ways back...
I'm ... erm ... attention impaired, severely so when under stress. I am either off in my own little world or so hyperfocused on the task at hand that I frequently blow right by people talking directly at me. How in hell am I supposed to remember all the minutia they want me to remember? I have to disassemble all my toiletries and repackage some of them, but not others, a certain way before the flight; there are some things I have to take out according to specific procedures or not take out according to specific procedures; there are some things I'm not allowed to bring at all, but others (that appear far more dangerous) which are just fine; there are some things I can wear and some I can't....and these rules and regs not only change frequently but they're not consistent across checkpoints. I run the risk of getting arrested if I don't do all this correctly, and at the minimum I'll get barked at by some fool who got his job off the back of a pizza box. Great. |
So lets do this, with a fun smile and a twinkle in our eye:
After finishing screening, after putting our shoes back on a verifying that all our valuables are still where they were before we last really looked at them, just before we turn to go to Starbucks, we turn with a slight twist and to screening crew give them a friendly, albeit deceptively snarky, "Code Bravo, blue crew" and a wave, as we hopefully disappear into the terminal. It would mark us to each other, it would mystify the other PAX leading to questions we could answer, and they would have to quietly take the ridicule they so richly deserve after they can do very little more about it. This really can be fun..... (My wife really does not like my devious side.:p) |
Originally Posted by InkUnderNails
(Post 15065545)
So lets do this, with a fun smile and a twinkle in our eye:
After finishing screening, after putting our shoes back on a verifying that all our valuables are still where they were before we last really looked at them, just before we turn to go to Starbucks, we turn with a slight twist and to screening crew give them a friendly, albeit deceptively snarky, "Code Bravo, blue crew" and a wave, as we hopefully disappear into the terminal. |
Originally Posted by FriendlySkies
(Post 15063949)
Maybe this is the new definitely of Code Bravo... Photoshop is your friend ;)
http://friendlyskies.smugmug.com/Oth..._urFvR-L-1.jpg |
Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much
(Post 15067311)
Where ever this is, the TSA at this airport have way too much time on their hands if they are numbering (and presumably inventorying) plastic bins.
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Originally Posted by ralfp
(Post 15069394)
Really? That's the kind of thing that tends to walk away quite often.
Who and how often are inventories conducted? |
The numbering thing is quite common, and it's getting done in places it was not before. I assume it's to track stuff on camera as it goes through, so they can see for example bin C22 to see who loaded it, who put it on the belt, etc. It would not be all that hard for somebody to plan to sneak something through, let bin C22 go through, and fiddle around with jacket belt and shoes until the bin cleared, then go through inspection, or leave if they discovered a killer snow globe in it.
It would also help in thefts to see the same person put something in the bin and took it out, say $100 bills from tourists going home. |
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