RDU Airport Security Frustration
@ 2009-11-25 05:19:40
Filed under: Personal Frustration
I usually will put up with a decent amount when it comes to travel. Lots of people are trying to get to many places and everyone is afraid they won't make it. I've been frustrated by the security checks at airports before, but today was a bit different. It started while I was waiting to put my stuff on the belt. Two security checkpoint guys were giving the instructions at the same time (though not saying the same thing at the same time) about 5 feet from each other. If I didn't know what to do (say, if I wasn't from the US) I wouldn't have been able to figure out what they were saying. So I get my bags on the belt and walk through the metal detector. Usually that means 'yay, you don't have anything crazy on you.' Not this time. I don't know if this was added in the last few months but I got a pat down to verify I didn't have anything. OK, so maybe it's an added safeguard, I'll go with that, but what happens next really irks me. My stuff 'clears' except for my backpack. I'm asked if I have a laptop in there. I explain that I don't, but there is a Nintendo Wii ... so he opens my bag and takes it out and states it has to be checked. The lady at the xray machine says 'pfff, I can't help what they put in their bags' and checks my Wii for bombs (... I assume). I stand and wait for my stuff to come through and it does after a few other bags. The lady behind the xray machine is pumping out reviews so much so that peoples stuff is getting pushed off the end of the belt. Luckily, I was able to get my stuff before it got to the end, but to do so I had to kick my shoes down the hallway while wearing my backpack, holding my laptop case and holding on to the items that I had to remove from my person/was removed from my bag.
I know there isn't a big screening process to work in airport security. I also know that I should put up with it because they get paid little and have frustrating jobs, but, on the other hand, I spent $550 on a plane ticket that last year at this time was about $200. Taking a train and being able to do work while I travel with less frustration (and, checking out Amtrak tickets online -- MUCH cheaper) seems to be looking better.
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Filed under: Personal Frustration
I usually will put up with a decent amount when it comes to travel. Lots of people are trying to get to many places and everyone is afraid they won't make it. I've been frustrated by the security checks at airports before, but today was a bit different. It started while I was waiting to put my stuff on the belt. Two security checkpoint guys were giving the instructions at the same time (though not saying the same thing at the same time) about 5 feet from each other. If I didn't know what to do (say, if I wasn't from the US) I wouldn't have been able to figure out what they were saying. So I get my bags on the belt and walk through the metal detector. Usually that means 'yay, you don't have anything crazy on you.' Not this time. I don't know if this was added in the last few months but I got a pat down to verify I didn't have anything. OK, so maybe it's an added safeguard, I'll go with that, but what happens next really irks me. My stuff 'clears' except for my backpack. I'm asked if I have a laptop in there. I explain that I don't, but there is a Nintendo Wii ... so he opens my bag and takes it out and states it has to be checked. The lady at the xray machine says 'pfff, I can't help what they put in their bags' and checks my Wii for bombs (... I assume). I stand and wait for my stuff to come through and it does after a few other bags. The lady behind the xray machine is pumping out reviews so much so that peoples stuff is getting pushed off the end of the belt. Luckily, I was able to get my stuff before it got to the end, but to do so I had to kick my shoes down the hallway while wearing my backpack, holding my laptop case and holding on to the items that I had to remove from my person/was removed from my bag.
I know there isn't a big screening process to work in airport security. I also know that I should put up with it because they get paid little and have frustrating jobs, but, on the other hand, I spent $550 on a plane ticket that last year at this time was about $200. Taking a train and being able to do work while I travel with less frustration (and, checking out Amtrak tickets online -- MUCH cheaper) seems to be looking better.
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