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Nefir · 10-19-2003, 07:04 AM

Every time I've flown out of New York after Sept 11, I've had to take off my shoes and my belt. I can live with that, but the laziness and total lack of responsibility of security staff really gets to me.

Most recently, I was forced to stand in line with all the middle-eastern men, waiting for someone to check us. We stood there for like 15 minutes, corraled between those little tape barriers. Naturally, the security staff were all extremely lazy, callous, and disrespectful. Eventually the manager saw what was going on and started yelling at the staff, and I finally got checked, but not without receiving dirty looks as it its my fault they got in trouble for being asshats.

What is the minimum education needed to get a job like this? High school?

I am glad this college student did what he did. I hope he doesn't take too much heat for it. If the companies airlines are hiring to take care of security are not doing their job, someone must expose them so that EVERYONE knows what the problems are, and not just the terrorists.

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Nefir Junkie Location: Louisville, KY	Every time I've flown out of New York after Sept 11, I've had to take off my shoes and my belt. I can live with that, but the laziness and total lack of responsibility of security staff really gets to me. Most recently, I was forced to stand in line with all the middle-eastern men, waiting for someone to check us. We stood there for like 15 minutes, corraled between those little tape barriers. Naturally, the security staff were all extremely lazy, callous, and disrespectful. Eventually the manager saw what was going on and started yelling at the staff, and I finally got checked, but not without receiving dirty looks as it its my fault they got in trouble for being asshats. What is the minimum education needed to get a job like this? High school? I am glad this college student did what he did. I hope he doesn't take too much heat for it. If the companies airlines are hiring to take care of security are not doing their job, someone must expose them so that EVERYONE knows what the problems are, and not just the terrorists. __________________ You do not use a Macintosh, instead you use a Tandy Kompressor break your glowstick, Kompressor eat your candy Kompressor open jaws, Kompressor release ants Kompressor watch you scream, Because Kompressor does not dance Last edited by Nefir; 10-19-2003 at 07:22 AM..