extreme measures are needed
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While I think a better title to this post might be in order, I have to second extreme's point.
My husband's MP3 player was completely out of batteries, but since there is a little pocket for it in his briefcase, it was still in there (carry on luggage). Since he could not turn it on, he had to go to a little store next to the security checkpoint and BUY BATTERIES!! I was only thankful that there was indeed a store - I can't imagine what we would have done if there hadn't been one!
Anyone else have rediculous stories of security over-doing things a bit?
My husband's MP3 player was completely out of batteries, but since there is a little pocket for it in his briefcase, it was still in there (carry on luggage). Since he could not turn it on, he had to go to a little store next to the security checkpoint and BUY BATTERIES!! I was only thankful that there was indeed a store - I can't imagine what we would have done if there hadn't been one!
Anyone else have rediculous stories of security over-doing things a bit?
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I hardly think it is over-doing it to check that any electronic equipment is what it would appear, the simplest check being to turn it on and see it will operate. Do not forget that the explosives that blew up PanAm flight over Lockerbee were in a "trasnsitor radio."
On a recent return flight to NY from LHR, the batteries in my Palm Pilot were dead and I could not turn it on at security. There was a phone bank there at AA to phone the front desk (I guess) and they sent a rep over to take it, put it in a box and checked it through for me. There was also a woman there waiting for them to come get her "embroidery" scissors (about 5"!!). She had carried them through security at JFK a week earlier undetected! I, for one, am okay with this level of security.
On a recent return flight to NY from LHR, the batteries in my Palm Pilot were dead and I could not turn it on at security. There was a phone bank there at AA to phone the front desk (I guess) and they sent a rep over to take it, put it in a box and checked it through for me. There was also a woman there waiting for them to come get her "embroidery" scissors (about 5"!!). She had carried them through security at JFK a week earlier undetected! I, for one, am okay with this level of security.
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