Fly kilted, Redux

**Frank McGrath** · 24th November 10, 02:14 PM

I sit here, in a restaurant in the airport, after breezing through the TSA Security check in a matter of seconds. I a had my shoes off and everything of metal stowed in my carryon bag before the guy got to me. I walked through the metal detector without incident. No xrays, no groping. Why is it always me.

**GreenDragon** · 24th November 10, 02:22 PM

Fantastic!

**Standard** · 24th November 10, 02:25 PM

I was just reading several articles online through the Washington Post which popped up on Yahoo! news about the new body scanners and the pat-down procedures. Sounds like your trip through security was as uneentful as can be expected. Glad to hear you had no issues to warrrant the pat-down.

**Chas** · 24th November 10, 02:46 PM

Good to know that it was so uneventful.

Regards

Chas

**Nighthawk** · 24th November 10, 03:10 PM

Have a safe flight!

**Detroitpete** · 24th November 10, 04:19 PM

Flying kilted is flying comfortable AND stylish! Have a happy holiday!

**Tony** · 24th November 10, 04:27 PM

and there was much rejoicing!

**Tartan Tess** · 24th November 10, 05:31 PM

Were you wearing a kilt?

**ggibby** · 25th November 10, 06:22 AM

Originally Posted by Frank McGrath

...after breezing through the TSA Security check in a matter of seconds.

Same here, but there were several young ladies snapping photos and giggling audibly.

...because Taylor Lautner was coming through the checkpoint at the same time (ask a teenager).

**auld argonian** · 25th November 10, 08:17 AM

Years ago on a trip to the UK, I went through Gatwick and security had been stepped up back then (it was still years before Pam Am 43 and 9/11). I had a ship-load of photo equipment and was carrying on the camera bag so I had the whole thing open and the film in a see-through plastic baggie in hopes that I could get a hand inspect on it so it wouldn't go through the x-ray machine. I almost literally had my pockets turned inside out when I got to the inspection point.

So here comes the security person and I swears to God that they had hired Mother Riley...this woman was virtually a dead ringer for the old movie character.

"What have you got here, dear?"

"Just my cameras and film, ma'am...could I get the film hand inspected so it doesn't go through the x-ray?"

She basically just glances in my camera bag and waves me through.

"Aren't you nice to have everything open."

"Well, ma'am, it looks like you all have a hard enough time here so why not make it a little bit easier."

"Aren't you nice...go on through."

"Thank you."

...and literally dozens of people behind me start mumbling and bitching that they're getting frisked and I'm just walking on through.

So Mother Riley got pissed off and REALLY put the first few complainers through the wringer just to re-establish her authority.

From this we learn two things:

1. Be polite...go along to get along.

2. Do not, under any circumstances, screw with Mother Rilry...even Dracula learned that!

Best

AA