Originally Posted by
Uplinker
Some replies and attitudes in this thread are truly depressing.
Some folk seem to treat security as a personal affront, but I suspect that many who have bad experiences in security might bring it upon themselves with their behaviour, expression, attitude or body language. I feel sorry for the likes of Will 161 who have to put up with it.
Then we have the fire axe or Jet A1 brigade. Or ‘the scanner didn’t beep for me last week or yesterday’.
The poster who talked about the security “bullsh*t” of liquids, shoes, laptops etc. These are all based on actual foiled or known attempts to blow up airliners.
I am not privvy to the latest findings of MI5 or MI6, but they have to impose rules - based on actual threats - that are easy to implement and easy for every one to follow.
Why not simply follow the rules - which might be different in different places, or on different days - and be polite and not take any offence?
Fully agreed.
Also everyone, please remember two things:
1. If they seem offhand even when you are trying to be helpful you can be sure that, unless it is the beginning of their shift, they have already taken abuse from someone going through.
2. They are watched on CCTV and can be fired for gross misconduct if they are seen to deliberately not follow the rules that have been set for them