Re: FBOFW 9/30/05
- From: "bllbickel" <billbickel@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 30 Aug 2005 22:16:35 -0700
Michael Sears wrote:
> Bobcat wrote:
> >
> > I had less luck another time at the Statue of Liberty, where Security
> > grabbed up a tiny pen knife I'd stupidly forgotten to leave at home. They
> > said there was no way I could reclaim it. You lose some, you...etc.
> >
> >
>
>
> I had the same thing happen here in Albany, NY. The nearest Post Office
> to where I work is in the State Capital, about 20 feet past the security
> checkpoint. I once forgot and left my Swiss Army Knife in my pocket. The
> security people said I would have to throw it away to get in. They
> wouldn't even hold it for me to retrieve on my way out, despite the fact
> that I would be within line-of-sight of them the entire time I was in
> the building.
I doubt this is official policy as much as it is some jerk getting off
on the power he suddenly has over other people: A couple of years ago,
when I was picking up my teenage son at Newark Airport, it somehow
didn't occur to me that going to an arrivals gate required the same
security procedure as going to a departure gate, so I had my Swiss Army
Knife keychain in my pocket. The security people offered to hold onto
it for me while I waited for the flight to arrive. Absolutely no
problem.
Bill Bickel
http://www.comicsidontunderstand.com
http://mysterybooks.allinfoabout.com
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