LA Airport Security
Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:20 pm
So,
I'm in line for security at LAX. I'm waiting to roll my stuff through the x-ray. They keep saying "We recommend you take off your shoes and run them through the x-ray" Well, I took "recommend" to mean I had an option. But I got pulled aside, and had my shoe's "shined" with some kind of test cloth.
After that, I moved to my gate, (which happened to be the one closest to security) and sat down where a construction crew left a table, setup the laptop and started working... even managed to hook into the wireless leaking from the 'president's lounge' as well.
I'm there about 30 minutes when I hear security shouting Everyone stop moving immediatly. They repeated it 2 or 3 times to make sure everyone heard.
It's absolutely amazing how many people will hear someone say Everyone stop moving immediately and walk toward the speaker to see what the commotion is all about. People are IDIOTS!
I heard a radio bark "I have visual contact" but the rest was muffled. Thankfully after a few minutes they let everyone go again, and I wasn't stuck there while they hunted someone down.
I'm in line for security at LAX. I'm waiting to roll my stuff through the x-ray. They keep saying "We recommend you take off your shoes and run them through the x-ray" Well, I took "recommend" to mean I had an option. But I got pulled aside, and had my shoe's "shined" with some kind of test cloth.
After that, I moved to my gate, (which happened to be the one closest to security) and sat down where a construction crew left a table, setup the laptop and started working... even managed to hook into the wireless leaking from the 'president's lounge' as well.
I'm there about 30 minutes when I hear security shouting Everyone stop moving immediatly. They repeated it 2 or 3 times to make sure everyone heard.
It's absolutely amazing how many people will hear someone say Everyone stop moving immediately and walk toward the speaker to see what the commotion is all about. People are IDIOTS!
I heard a radio bark "I have visual contact" but the rest was muffled. Thankfully after a few minutes they let everyone go again, and I wasn't stuck there while they hunted someone down.