From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue May 11 2004 - 16:22:12 PDT
At 8:23 AM +0930 5/12/04, Douglas Greville wrote:
>Ed
>
>I think that is about the worst airport story I have heard yet. In
>Australia the airport security seems to have a thing about footwear,
>there have been numerous instances of people getting to walk thru the
>metal detector doorway things in their socks whilst their footwear
>got the full visual and X-ray treatment.
>
>What has me curious, is that say you forgetfully walk into security
>with a pocket knife, why is it confiscated with no right of return?
>After all, it is your property, just because you are not allowed to
>take it on to a plane doesn't mean to say that they can steal it
>from you. Why can't it be sent back (you pay the postage)?
Actually, that was offered to me by a chap in
Chicago. I forewent the process because I felt it
was suitable punishment for being such a
dunderhead and forgetting where I put the bloody
baton.
Now, another time I realized I'd not checked a
pocket knife just before I went through the
security checkpoint and walked over to the
baggage check in and asked for a box to check it.
They had a small box that was perfect for this
task.
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