Teleidoscope

Mon, Apr 09, 2007

Security Theater

Posted at 9:33 pm MDT to Miscellaneous

The TSA at Denver International Airport has a new toy. At the phase where you would usually walk through the metal detector, they close you into a phone-booth-sized box and puff air at you. And they still want you to put your shoes on the belt, but only after you have worn the shoes through the air-puffer. I suppose it's intended for the high-security searches: they seemed to only have a puffer box on one of the 8 lanes of Concourse A security. I went through it because that lane was empty (people tend to avoid it) and I knew I was going to be slow. Travelling with two laptops is a nuisance (one belongs to my customer and has my work stuff, the other has my life.)

One odd result of a previous round of security theater: the cheap hotel I stay at when I'm in California is now providing name-brand mini-shampoos. 'Suave' isn't my usual brand (actually, about a year ago they stopped making my favorite brand and I haven't found a new one I like) but it's better than the weird off-brand stuff hotels usually supply.

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