tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72146330760468027902011-07-30T18:06:54.762-07:00Kevinnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214633076046802790.post-17171417182637308262009-02-22T14:53:00.000-08:002009-09-23T16:34:12.534-07:00at the philly airport, nearly 2 years ago.<br /><br />Last night I used my last buddy pass from Jeff. I think this whole "you can fly first class on a buddy pass" thing is a myth, since in the year that I had used them, I never once got in first class. (I almost did last night, but then they combined flights and off I was sent to 25F, in a seat in front of the emergency exit row and therefore without reclining capability.)<br /><br />There's a dress code when flying on a pass -- I guess so first class doesn't hate you if, on some rare occassion, you actually get bumped up there. I sometimes wear the same dressy outfit to and from the location, and then just change when I arrive at my destination.<br /><br />So I went through Atlanta security, no problem. But at the Philadelphia airport security area, I noticed the woman took a highlighter to my ticket and sent me down a hallway that the family just before me didn't go down. It looked like a normal security check, but it wasn't -- it had a fake metal detector. It annoys me when I see anything fake - fake fur, fake tan, fake phones, fake medication, even fake <a href="http://www.asepv.com/">solar panels </a>(one which I purchased online and it was delivered to me and was a perfect replica of the real deal - still not over that!)!<br /><br />As soon as I went through in the same outfit I had worn in <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.antor.org/arizona.html">Arizona</a>, a soft "beep" was heard -- it wasn't even the beep indicating that something metal had gone through. But that was cue -- they immediately called for a scary she-male to probe me. After the search, I waited for the guy to finish up with my luggage. He zipped it up and then took my highlighted ticket and punched through the "SSSS" part on my ticket.<br /><br />"So that's why they asked for my address?" I asked the man. He nodded.<br />"And that's why I got send down this hallway." He nodded again.<br />"And why the metal detector went off." He nodded, said it was because of the way I had purchased and then changed my ticket, and then sent me on my way.<br /><br />I understand getting flagged for a search -- but be honest about it. Don't insult my intelligence by sending me through a metal detector that we both know is fake.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7214633076046802790-1717141718263730826?l=ocriminoso2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kevinnoreply@blogger.com3