Due to my ancestry (Eastern Med.), the colour of my skin (olive), my hair (black) and my eyes (brown), I frequently get searched when passing through security and have had "private interviews" when entering countries such as Canada, USA and the UK... even though I am a British Citizen.
I have nothing to hide, I remain calm and polite, and don't care that I am delayed by all of 5 minutes. It's just part of life, there are much more important things to get upset about.
(But insist that my camera - which cost $1,800 - and the lenses that go with it must by checked in to the hold and I still don't get upset... because until sensibiilty returns, my trips across the pond which requires me to take such items will be by ship. I don't blame the baggage handlers; I blame the systems they work with that can cause severe damage to the strongest of cases and the most carefully protected luggage...)
Last edited by Wile E. Coyote; 15th Aug 2006 at 23:01.