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In my early twenties I worked as an airport security screeners. Long before 911. It was ridiculous. My training consisted of a 3 hour training watching a video, taking a test with 20 other people, all of us failing, rewatching the video then having the tester telling us what answers to circle! I started the next day, scared to death! The machines showed nothing clear. And worse, depending on which type of machine, you could lay something down or stand it up and it would show or not show something. We hand patted people too but we were so scared it was stupid. We barely touched them. We were kids! And our focus was distracted by the damn men around us. Cops, pilots, controllers, maintenance, etc. Even the travelers! Every one wanted to have sex with us! I couldnt believe how predatory the airport was! What an education it gave this country girl! We had guns, rifles, ammo and even a bomb leake thru our gates. Nothing happened to us. They couldnt tell which screener let it pass so we didnt get in trouble. And really, no one was much too worried. Security wasnt a big issue back then. At least no one seemed to think so where I was standing.
Now, I am all for security measures because I stood behind those machines. Look at my nakidness. And I dont say that because I am bawdry. I say that because I dont want problems for me or anyone else. Handle me if you need to. Open my luggage. take off my shoes. Hell, take me in a room and disrobe me. Do it ethically and with proper guidelines but hell yeah. And as for kids..."modified measures"? I remember how they used kids in vietnam. I also want to protect children too. I dont know what to do here. I hope someone figures that out.
Security at airports has been a joke in this country. We are going to bumble our way thru stupid ways until we figure out the right ways...
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