Sweet lord I hate security theater. I had a hair tie in my pocket last time (all fabric, no metal), and it set off the sensor, sending me to get my hands swiped for bomb residue.
From a hair tie.
We had an early am flight several months ago, and my sweet, sleepy, white family were practically the only ones going through security. They "randomly" swiped my hands for bomb residue, and it CAME UP POSITIVE!! WTF? I showered right before I left home and the only thing(s) I touched were the baby and surfaces IN the airport. I was taken to a private room and practically stripped searched - twice! First by some 20 year old agent, and then by her supervisor. There were also several other young female agents observing. I swear to God, the only reason I was targeted was because they need to train their young agents. Meanwhile, DH is by himself with the baby and the kiddo, the stroller, car seat, carry-ons and they were telling him to leave the security area and head for the gates. He's like, "I only have two hands; where is my wife?!?" It took an HOUR for these shennanigans and we almost missed our fucking plane. The gate agent chastised us for not getting there early enough. Fuck off, bitch. So angry!
This happened to me last year at BWI. When I asked the agents what they were looking for they said that the swab will test positive for glycerine which is also an ingredient in hand sanitizer. Guess what - at the entrance to the security line they had set up a hand sanitizer dispenser station.
I had time to kill so after my (almost) strip search I talked to (yelled at? Spoke furiously?) to about four managers about moving the hand sanitizer dispenser. It was gone when I returned from my trip.
We had an early am flight several months ago, and my sweet, sleepy, white family were practically the only ones going through security. They "randomly" swiped my hands for bomb residue, and it CAME UP POSITIVE!! WTF? I showered right before I left home and the only thing(s) I touched were the baby and surfaces IN the airport. I was taken to a private room and practically stripped searched - twice! First by some 20 year old agent, and then by her supervisor. There were also several other young female agents observing. I swear to God, the only reason I was targeted was because they need to train their young agents. Meanwhile, DH is by himself with the baby and the kiddo, the stroller, car seat, carry-ons and they were telling him to leave the security area and head for the gates. He's like, "I only have two hands; where is my wife?!?" It took an HOUR for these shennanigans and we almost missed our fucking plane. The gate agent chastised us for not getting there early enough. Fuck off, bitch. So angry!
This happened to me last year at BWI. When I asked the agents what they were looking for they said that the swab will test positive for glycerine which is also an ingredient in hand sanitizer. Guess what - at the entrance to the security line they had set up a hand sanitizer dispenser station.
I had time to kill so after my (almost) strip search I talked to (yelled at? Spoke furiously?) to about four managers about moving the hand sanitizer dispenser. It was gone when I returned from my trip.
Post by ChillyMcFreeze on Mar 30, 2015 6:36:40 GMT -5
I got the ponytail massage in Houston once. It was pretty invasive. This was at the height of the EZ porn oven hysteria so I refused to go through the Rapiscan, which I think pissed off the agent.
If I braid my hair - it gets felt up. If I leave the curls down, it doesn't. I've taken to unbraiding in the security line, then rebraiding afterwards.
I'm blue eyed and pasty, pasty white.
I actually saw one of the scanner "results" once, both braids had angry red boxes around them. How silly.