LA airport security has been tighten!

[Owen]

Too bad they only have 15 second inspection time.

A-ha!
Inspector : (checking)
You : Hey! It's over 17 seconds! It's DNF, man! STOP INSPECTING!!!

Going down bumpy road, you are.

 

[riffz]

Last month in Tampa, I got a "Random" search. Of course, rather than pulling anyone else, they see a kid with longish hair, stretched ears, headphones and visible tattoos. "Z0mg dat kid mst hav drugs!1!1!ONE!."

Pissed me off.

I'm sorry, but if you choose to look like the sort of person that is going to cause trouble, then you have to be prepared to take that sort of thing. It's your own fault, not the security's. The fact that it "pissed [you] off" inclines me to think that they made the right decision by it too.

When I had a beard I noticed I was treated significantly different. Quite reasonably, people think a guy with long hair and beard is the sort that will cause trouble. I had no problem with it. In fact, personally I thought it was nice to not be treated like a little kid all the time.

So you're saying that its his fault that people profile others based on their looks? I'm sorry Dean but I don't agree with stigmatizing people.

 

[Escher]

So you're saying that its his fault that people profile others based on their looks? I'm sorry Dean but I don't agree with stigmatizing people.

Whether it's right or not, you still have to accept that that's what people will naturally do, and deal with it.

I had long curly hair for ages and as soon as I cut it, it was obvious the general public acted differently towards me. And girls. Lol.

 

[blade740]

So you're saying that its his fault that people profile others based on their looks? I'm sorry Dean but I don't agree with stigmatizing people.

That's how the world works. If they're going to be checking, it makes the most sense to check the people who look more likely to be carrying contraband. It'd be more of a waste of time to check little old ladies. Sure, little old ladies can carry illegal items too, but it seems to me that it's not nearly as likely.

It's not like you don't have any control over how you look. You should know upfront that if you look like the kind of person who might have drugs, you'll be more likely to be searched at the airport.

 

[Toad]

So you're saying that its his fault that people profile others based on their looks? I'm sorry Dean but I don't agree with stigmatizing people.

Whether it's right or not, you still have to accept that that's what people will naturally do, and deal with it.

I had long curly hair for ages and as soon as I cut it, it was obvious the general public acted differently towards me. And girls. Lol.

Pics or it didn't happen?

 

[Escher]

Pics or it didn't happen?

No.

 

[megaminxwin]

You guys have had all that weird stuff happen to you on planes? Wow...

When I was flying down to the Melbourne Summer Open, my 3x3 and 5x5 were both in a carry-on bag, but no surprised security.

Maybe I should bring my 2x2 through 7x7 as well as my Stackmat and see what happens...

 

[security]

The TSA: Protecting us from yesterday's problems, tomorrow

1. Wait for an incident to occur
2. Introduce complex new procedures and rules for the specific purpose of preventing that exact incident from happening again
3. ???
4. PROFIT?

Psst, I haven't been following the rule that says you have to take liquids out to be scanned separately. I do avoid taking large-ish containers of liquids in my carryons, but I always leave the little tubes of toothpaste/lipbalm/lotion in my bags and haven't run into problems. I've only had my things rescreened once, and that was because they found an oddly shaped USB drive and didn't know what it was.

I also (accidentally) left my cell phone on during a flight once, and the plane didn't blow up.

Shelley... We can never be too sure if something happenes and we could of had a chance to prevent it.. We'd all feel really, REALLY bad. Especially if it was that oddly shaped usb drive that messes up the plane.

and about the phone. It won't blow it up.. It can cause communication problems. Although it's a very slim chance there still is a chance and that is one know onw wants to take.

I believe that the gov is going way too far with this. The US must surely have 308,264,000 terrorists living within.

I believe that the gov is going way to far with this. The US must surely have 308,264,000 terrorists living within.

Me make sense no post makes your to.

I meant that they are checking everyone. As if every single one of us is a terrorist.

Anybody could be a terrorist, so making sure people aren't going to blow something up is the best way of attacking the problem.

But using common sense, I would actually track down possible terrorists. It's not like everyone at every single airport is a terrorist.

If you know how to track down terrorists, please, tell the government.

I'm not saying I do, I'm saying that this isn't the best way to approach the situation. Besides even if they do find a "potential" terrorist, it is unlikely that they will do something about it.

LOLOL!!! Why not check everyone. That makes it fair. It's t he reason why we do a random check on anyone weather they look suspecious, or not.



btw I know you two probaly won't read my response seeing as I didn't even know what speedcubing was last year, but the thread was here lol.

Yea... I work security at LAX...and this thread isn't the reason I joined the site with my name btw LOL!

 

[Dene]

Last month in Tampa, I got a "Random" search. Of course, rather than pulling anyone else, they see a kid with longish hair, stretched ears, headphones and visible tattoos. "Z0mg dat kid mst hav drugs!1!1!ONE!."

Pissed me off.

I'm sorry, but if you choose to look like the sort of person that is going to cause trouble, then you have to be prepared to take that sort of thing. It's your own fault, not the security's. The fact that it "pissed [you] off" inclines me to think that they made the right decision by it too.

When I had a beard I noticed I was treated significantly different. Quite reasonably, people think a guy with long hair and beard is the sort that will cause trouble. I had no problem with it. In fact, personally I thought it was nice to not be treated like a little kid all the time.

So you're saying that its his fault that people profile others based on their looks? I'm sorry Dean but I don't agree with stigmatizing people.

People have already defended my comments so I won't say anything more about that, but only: was there really a need to comment on a post that was made half a year ago?

 

[coinman]

Sins you use a swedish method (Petrus is swedish, but i guess you already know this) and you like languages i can tell you that LAX is the swedish word for salmon
PS Hello is Hej in swedish.

 

[security]

Sins you use a swedish method (Petrus is swedish, but i guess you already know this) and you like languages i can tell you that LAX is the swedish word for salmon
PS Hello is Hej in swedish.

If this was directed at me then.... thanks lol. I haven't met any swedish people yet, so I have no motivation to start learning it, but if I decide to go to the world championship next year I will most definatly learn some swedish.

 

[coinman]

Sins you use a swedish method (Petrus is swedish, but i guess you already know this) and you like languages i can tell you that LAX is the swedish word for salmon
PS Hello is Hej in swedish.

If this was directed at me then.... thanks lol. I haven't met any swedish people yet, so I have no motivation to start learning it, but if I decide to go to the world championship next year I will most definatly learn some swedish.

Well now you know Lax and Hej, that's about al you need