Chaps
You may have missed the point here...
Part of the role of a security organisation is to make the place appear that it is secure.
Thus, everytime that you complain about the mindlessness of security - either the process of getting a pass, or that the pass doesn't really count for anything and that you are subject to mindless checks, you are confirming that the current process works...
Why - because the idea is to make it LOOK secure - and therefore deter some (and not all) potential threats.
