im not a big fan of flying but im going to comment on the screeners and the type of ignorant savages they usually have working security.

i recently had to go to a court house as well as another federal building to get some important paper work done.

each time i had my edc small knife and light on a keychain, because i forget to leave it at home.
the knife is clearly visible as a knife with a black plastic handle its only about an inch and a half long unfolded but it IS noticable.

after walking in and lining up in an orderly manner we were forced to walk back outside then to enter through a revolving door. because a security guard who was enjoying her power too much decided "thats how we will line up here" which she then held after each person entered basically locking the next person in there instead of letting my mother wait on the side of the wall or the outer area of the doorway like a civilized person (shes on oxygen and claustrophobic) but lets trap her in a revolving door anyway right?

after that nonsense we lined up and put our belongings into plastic trays, we had to put our coats through the x-ray and i had to walk through the detector several times because it kept going off for no apparent reason the wand couldnt detect anything, on the 4th try walking through it didnt beep and she said ok pass.

no one even LOOKED in the tray! they sat there gossiping like hens and even showing off their disgustingly long finger nails to each other like this was some ghetto beauty salon as they just slid it down the table.

if i lost my knife i would be bothered a little but not too much, i feel you have to pay a price for making stupid mistakes really.
but i was more upset at these "guards" not doing a damn bit of work and who knows what i could have gotten past them.

its amazing how many idiots it takes to do a simple task.
there were 2 security guards by the door, 3-4 on the x-ray / tray passing table and another 1 with the metal detector wand plus the bossy guard wandering around earning that paycheck doing nothing.

ahh the wonders of Bureaucracy at work.

After 6 different airports, in 4 different states, at different times of the day and different checkpoint congestion levels, NONE of the TSA screeners picked my Swisstech out, even though at least two pawed through the bowl that my keys, wallet and cell phone were in.

On the other hand, I now have new socks so that I don't embarras myself with holes when I take my shoes off. Way to go, TSA, I feel a LOT safer. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />