April 12, 2007

Faulty Scanners

My brother recently got hired to work in San Francisco, threw away his furniture and car, and headed up there last week. This is the first time the "baby" of the family is really showing some independence and it is a proud moment for our family.

As he was checking in his ticket in one of those self-serve kiosks at the airport, 2 guards came up and asked that he be scanned. Supposedly, he was consistently setting the alarm off, even after several articles of clothing were removed. Then, he was taken to another room - to take off all of his clothing for a full body search.

After he put his clothes back on, he was held and questioned repeatedly: they wanted to know why his ticket to San Francisco was one-way and what his real plans for the city are.

Oh, I'm sure the search was completely random.

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