randomly selected, my ass

2008-01-02 11:57:57

#1

Ender2309: has joined the GOP; +470|7053|USA

so my sister goes to USC, and every time they go to the rose bowl, they have a raffle for everybody with season tickets for the student section. the winners get two tickets for the student section at the rose bowl, because seating is extremely limited (almost everybody wins). anyways, last year she won and we drove down and went to the game.

she won again this year, and we went again. this time, though, she went down on Monday for a new year's party that my parents aren't allowed to know about (read: blackmail). of course, being underage and her brother there was no way i could go with her to that party, so i flew down yesterday morning. i woke up at 3 AM (fell asleep at 2), left the house by 3:45 for my flight at 5:00 AM.

this is what i learned from this trip: never ever ever ever ever ever wear anything with a sports team or school logo present while going through security.

who "randomly" selects a 17 year old kid at 4:30 in the morning who can barely keep his eyes open when his mother is fucking 20 feet away watching him go through security (read: not a terrorist), who has no fucking luggage aside from a book and an mp3 player? this big ass black guy is working the medal detector, takes my ticket, waves me forward from the machine, notices my USC shirt, puts his hand down to stop me, gives me this funny look like he can't decide something, and then mumbles something. if he hadn't waved his arm in the direction of the extra search area I'd have tried to continue forward and that would have been arrest or something, judging by this guy.

then i got searched by the captain of the emos, not the kind of person i want touching my goddamn body, thanks.

solution? all TSA agents who randomly select people for in-depth search should be blind. a machine could operate a thingy that beeps for them every time a person walks by. then, if they wanted to search the person, they could just stop him, wave over the search dude, take the guy to the search place, and be done with it.

2008-01-02 12:03:46

#2

gene_pool: Banned; +519|7103|Gold coast, Aus.

i dont get it but this one time I went to a raffle and the same guy won 6 times.

2008-01-02 12:05:26

#3

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7243

Man don't ever fly on El-Al if you thing the TSA is bad.

2008-01-02 12:07:14

#4

Ender2309: has joined the GOP; +470|7053|USA

is El-Al israel's airline?

2008-01-02 12:08:00

#5

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7243

ja

2008-01-02 12:09:32

#6

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|7007|South Florida

No shit its not Random selection.

If you look suspicious then they'll stop you.

maybe you looked suspecious because you didnt have any luggage, like you were gunna blow up a plane so why bother to take anything with you?

you never know.

maybe you looked at him funny. anything is reason.

if just god damn racial profiling was allowed ide feel a whole lot safer.

white americans dont blow up planes.
Arab looking people have been known to.

FFS they racial profile you on your car insurance

15 more years! 15 more years!

2008-01-02 12:09:49

#7

Bernadictus: Moderator; +1,055|7219

usmarine2005 wrote:
Man don't ever fly on El-Al if you thing the TSA is bad.

Exactly what does an airline have to do with security? And about security, you Americans are so damn paranoid of attacks.
I went on a trip throughout Florida 2 years ago, and I was questioned my ass off when in Atlanta, transferring to my Orlando flight.
Like I'm going to blow up a building with a bag full of reading books (ooh, intellectual European > Elevate State of Emergency to code red!)

2008-01-02 12:09:56

#8

AWSMFOX: Banned; +405|6945|A W S M F O X

Ender2309 wrote:
is El-Al israel's airline?

goddmam joo's.

2008-01-02 12:13:10

#9

Brasso: member; +1,549|7112

Mitch wrote:
if just god damn racial profiling was allowed ide feel a whole lot safer.

is that a serious statement? gtfo out of the US then, people like you are the reason that the rest of the world thinks we're ignorant bastards.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-01-02 12:17:47

#10

topthrill05: Member; +125|7060|Rochester NY USA

I don't see the problem here at all.

You got searched, what does it matter?

2008-01-02 12:18:44

#11

Ender2309: has joined the GOP; +470|7053|USA

JET_G raidensen wrote:
Ender2309 wrote:
is El-Al israel's airline?
goddmam joo's.

I'm Jewish. not everybody in Israel is.

mitch...cmon. where would the bomb be then? in my ass? if i'm blowing something up i'm sure as hell not going through that kind of trouble to die. the lack of luggage should have tipped him off that nothing was going down with me. fuck, it was a 30 minute flight to LA. and by the way, have you ever heard of the unibomber? he was fucking white, asshole. skin color doesn't define who's gonna hijack or blow stuff up. don't be an ass.

Bernie, everybody gets the treatment flying international. even to Europe (cross-union countries not included).

haffey...spot on.

edit: topthrill, it wasn't that i got searched. it was that i got searched because somebody didn't like the school i was supporting. its a dick thing to do and an abuse of power. doesn't matter that it was on a small level, because power is power.

Last edited by Ender2309 (2008-01-02 12:19:47)

2008-01-02 12:29:28

#12

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|7007|South Florida

haffeysucks wrote:
Mitch wrote:
if just god damn racial profiling was allowed ide feel a whole lot safer.
is that a serious statement? gtfo out of the US then, people like you are the reason that the rest of the world thinks we're ignorant bastards.

Hey, they do it in Car Insurance. They pretty much say 'Hey statistics say your a man so your more likely to crash, so pay more and if you dont like it walk" why couldn't you do the same with Arabs wanting to board you plane.

"Hey, your arab looking, statistics say 99% of terrorist that hijack planes are Arab, come with me you need to be searched more, if you dont like it walk."

Why not?

Or how about this, give every man who boards the plane a gun so that way nobody hijacks a fucking plane with a box cutter.

Last edited by Mitch (2008-01-02 12:35:10)

15 more years! 15 more years!

2008-01-02 12:30:28

#13

topthrill05: Member; +125|7060|Rochester NY USA

Fair enough.

2008-01-02 12:33:00

#14

DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +796|7166|United States of America

Bernadictus wrote:
usmarine2005 wrote:
Man don't ever fly on El-Al if you thing the TSA is bad.
Exactly what does an airline have to do with security? And about security, you Americans are so damn paranoid of attacks.
I went on a trip throughout Florida 2 years ago, and I was questioned my ass off when in Atlanta, transferring to my Orlando flight.
Like I'm going to blow up a building with a bag full of reading books (ooh, intellectual European > Elevate State of Emergency to code red!)

Communist Manifesto, Mein Kampf?

I'd say the idiots are most paranoid though, but unfortunately that's like 50% of the population. It brings to mind that Adult Swim promotion that triggered a bomb threat or whatever it was.

2008-01-02 12:34:47

#15

KylieTastic: Games, Girls, Guinness; +85|6934|Cambridge, UK

Not sure why we needed the side story of wining tickets and your sister.... but hey ho....

but why are you so sure it was because of your school? I bet they didn't say that?... so I guess its just a guess because he looked down rather than just in your face? Maybe, just maybe they thought you looked lumpy (read: hiding stuff), or maybe you gave some attitude look when they gave you the once over, or maybe it is just random and his supervisor at that moment said something into his ear-peace to pull the next person. etc etc... In short it sounds more like you jumping to conclusions not them!

You want it too be random? Its there job to pick out anything that stands out as different from the norm. Terrorists would love random.... just send enough bomb covered nutters onto a plane and good old random will make sure some get on!

2008-01-02 12:38:23

#16

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7243

Bernadictus wrote:
usmarine2005 wrote:
Man don't ever fly on El-Al if you thing the TSA is bad.
Exactly what does an airline have to do with security? And about security, you Americans are so damn paranoid of attacks.
I went on a trip throughout Florida 2 years ago, and I was questioned my ass off when in Atlanta, transferring to my Orlando flight.
Like I'm going to blow up a building with a bag full of reading books (ooh, intellectual European > Elevate State of Emergency to code red!)

I dunno.....they do it pretty good though. And El-Al is not American Bern, yet they have the tightest security of any airline. So who is paranoid again?

2008-01-02 12:40:04

#17

Commie Killer: Member; +192|6869

When we went to Disney about 3 years ago my dad got randomly selected for that by Delta, sad part is, he is only 5 foot 10, bald, 62 years old, half asleep, etc. They take him off to a second room, leave him there while they are doing something else, 45 min later he comes back out. We missed the flight. No total refund, instead of the first class seats we payed for, we get stuck in the back of the plane by the engines.

2008-01-02 12:40:10

#18

PspRpg-7: -; +961|7180

Bernadictus wrote:
Exactly what does an airline have to do with security? And about security, you Americans are so damn paranoid of attacks.

Wonder why. It's a mystery, really.

2008-01-02 12:43:16

#19

HITNRUNXX: Member; +220|7191|Oklahoma City

Ender2309 wrote:
mitch...cmon. where would the bomb be then? in my ass? if i'm blowing something up i'm sure as hell not going through that kind of trouble to die.

1) Could be in your shoe... That has happened before....
2) If you were tired, maybe they thought you were smuggling drugs! Damn you and your droopy eyelids!!! (And in your ass is exactly where you would look for drugs)... lol

2008-01-02 12:43:52

#20

Ender2309: has joined the GOP; +470|7053|USA

KylieTastic wrote:
Not sure why we needed the side story of wining tickets and your sister.... but hey ho....

but why are you so sure it was because of your school? I bet they didn't say that?... so I guess its just a guess because he looked down rather than just in your face? Maybe, just maybe they thought you looked lumpy (read: hiding stuff), or maybe you gave some attitude look when they gave you the once over, or maybe it is just random and his supervisor at that moment said something into his ear-peace to pull the next person. etc etc... In short it sounds more like you jumping to conclusions not them!

You want it too be random? Its there job to pick out anything that stands out as different from the norm. Terrorists would love random.... just send enough bomb covered nutters onto a plane and good old random will make sure some get on!

i dunno, i just wanted to explain why i was flying in the first place, so nobody would have to ask later.

he looked in my face, and he glanced down for a second and then back up and gave me that look. its certainly possible that i'm jumping to conclusions, but the way he did it tells me otherwise.

HITNRUNXX wrote:
Ender2309 wrote:
mitch...cmon. where would the bomb be then? in my ass? if i'm blowing something up i'm sure as hell not going through that kind of trouble to die.
1) Could be in your shoe... That has happened before....
2) If you were tired, maybe they thought you were smuggling drugs! Damn you and your droopy eyelids!!! (And in your ass is exactly where you would look for drugs)... lol

they make you take your shoes off now.

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2008-01-02 12:44:38

#21

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|7189|67.222.138.85

Mitch wrote:
Or how about this, give every man who boards the plane a gun so that way nobody hijacks a fucking plane with a box cutter.

Good idea. The cockpit should be protected with claymores and flamethrowers too to thwart any hijacking attempts.

2008-01-02 12:44:42

#22

HITNRUNXX: Member; +220|7191|Oklahoma City

Ender2309 wrote:
so my sister goes to USC, and every time they go to the rose bowl, they have a raffle for everybody with season tickets for the student section.

she won again this year, and we went again.

Speaking of "Randomly selected, my ass"...

2008-01-02 12:45:40

#23

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7243

PspRpg-7 wrote:
Bernadictus wrote:
Exactly what does an airline have to do with security? And about security, you Americans are so damn paranoid of attacks.
Wonder why. It's a mystery, really.

rofl

2008-01-02 12:48:05

#24

heggs: Spamalamadingdong; +581|6870|New York

That's pretty special how he picked you out for having a college shirt on? I must be missing something here, but what the fuck? How does having a shirt that says USC on it warrant a search?

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2008-01-02 12:48:14

#25

geNius: ..!.,; +144|6924|SoCal

Bernadictus wrote:
intellectual European

And about security, you Americans are so damn paranoid of attacks.

There is so much contradiction between these two statements, that my head nearly imploded.

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