Personally, I liked the article. Small change in perspective changes an ordeal into an adventure.
Jacob Meuser wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 04:28:57PM +0300, Mihai Popescu B.S. wrote: > > Hello, > > > > My post was not intended as a direct hit for the article. I told my > > opinion to misc@ because undeadly ask for subscription, no more > > anonymous coward post. Am I wrong ? > > > > I target airport behaviour with my comment. I use the airport for 6 > > flight until now, no problem at all with security teams. I was quick > > and polite in answers and the time with them was short. Most of them > > have the "nose" to see what they are dealing with. > > bullshit. sorry, but that is not true. "Smart" security will inevitably outsmart itself. Add respect to polite in the brew. He inspects you. You inspect him. You respect each other. Works better. > > I regularly get picked on by "authority", but it's alwasy just been > a pointless hassle. I'll never forget the time a cop stopped me > in my own neighborhood, in the rain, for walking against a signal, > when his car was the only moving vehicle within a half mile. the > best part was when he dropped his papers in a puddle. > > > If you start > > playing, they will answer accordingly, not because you look like a > > suspect, it is more like an answer. > > the only playing was their own game. after all, it is they who > choose to start the games. If they are wasting your time they will keep it up. If you are wasting their time they will drop you in a hurry. The best tactic is when you are obviously suppressing a laugh. > > > Have fun ! (but not in sensible areas). > > but see, if authority can't take that you're laughing because their > questions and assumptions *really are* ridiculous ... > > the lady in the office where jcr was "held" when we met him was > in charge of the place. and it's clear why she was in charge. > she was sharp and no-nonsense. of course, you want such people > in charge of such places. > > even after we got out of that office I still had to deal with > another person who inspected my bags. with this uy though, I > shared a good laugh, even though he was pretty thorough. Watch how a person laughs. Even more a window into the soul than the eyes. Customs tends to be sharper than security. They probably do have a sense of humor, but it is never shared with "outsiders". > > -- > jake...@sdf.lonestar.org > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
