I am a dangerous person...

[rsc]

...apparently.

jwg and I are just back from visiting my brother, sister-in-law, and parents in and around Philadelphia. When John made the seat reservations on Wednesday (the flight reservations had been made long before) and tried to print boarding passes, it wouldn't print mine.

So we went to the airport, hoping all was OK, and the machine there printed out my boarding pass just fine. But as we were going through the security gate, the attendant informed me that I had been selected by the airline for extra checking (as marked by a bold *S* on the boarding pass), so would I please step over there and wait for the other guy.

So I did, and it wasn't so bad -- the guy scanned me with a wand and patted me down and, including the waiting time it took all of about ten minutes, and we had plenty of time for the flight.

Then this morning, John sat down at my brother's computer to print out the boarding passes for our return trip, and lo and behold, it wouldn't print one for me. Went to the airport, printed the pass, same bold *S*, same schtick (but a little faster this time, because there were hardly any passengers going through security at the time -- yay for the Friday after Thanksgiving!), although this time in my haste I forgot to take my keys out of my pocket, and I foolishly had chosen to wear my Levi's shirt with metal buttons.

Apparently USAirways thinks I'm a security risk going both to and from Philadelphia. I have no idea why.

Comments

[vasilatos]

If Ted Kennedy can get on the list, why can't you?

[photoglh.livejournal.com]

You're lucky. They always strip search Roy.

It's funny because when we travel together, I'm the one who always looks like a terrorist yet I pass through security with no problem. Then Roy goes through (even with his military ID) and he's always pulled aside and strip searched.

[drevilmoo.livejournal.com]

I loathe the tsa. I hope they all get boils.

[jwg.livejournal.com]

And he doesn't look anything like a terrorist.

On this 1 1/2 hour flight, US Airways doesn't serve peanuts and a very short selection of drinks. It's good the money they save this way can be used to help pay for the repainting of all their airplanes which they will do because of the America West merger; their magazine said the hot desert climate needs lighter color.

[keyne.livejournal.com]

here's why: http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8E7N0L02.html

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Oh. Right. That.

(The headline and one-line summary was so funny as it stood that I chose not to read the actual article.)