Lost in France - or Tunisia - or Burkina Faso - or Tajikistan - or.....
Posted: Thursday, 26 April 2007 |
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i agree with you, what my friend in nz told me to do before the xmas hols was to go to the chemists and they sell special see througgh bags with a minture brush,toothpaste and floss! they are sealed so you can take them through customs in your handbag and customs looks to make sure the bag is still sealed and wave you through. you can of course buy this at a chemist withih the airport, but of course you will pay up to ten yes TEN times more- i had the experience!
carol from agreeingwithyou
i agree with you, what my friend in nz told me to do before the xmas hols was to go to the chemists and they sell special see througgh bags with a minture brush,toothpaste and floss! they are sealed so you can take them through customs in your handbag and customs looks to make sure the bag is still sealed and wave you through. you can of course buy this at a chemist withih the airport, but of course you will pay up to ten yes TEN times more- i had the experience!
carol from agreeingwithyou
At Sumburgh of course you can't buy anything after security as there aren't any shops through there.
Muness from Fetlar
Steven Spence says he has more Just Knackered T Shirts. What size do you want? He's read of your plight.
Muness from Fetlar
Oh no your bags are lost!! That's wretched!!
Michelle Therese from Things Go Moo in the Night...
The newest is that the bags apparently never left Edinburgh. They were lost there, found on 4 April, and lost there again.
Soljey from Let's build a bridge between Shetland & the Mainla
at Sumburgh you get recalled - yes once you have answered all the questions and assured them you packed all the bags yourself etc, - you get recalled, a long embarrassing walk to the baggage check area, - to have the pleasure of your bag searched by hand... does any other airport do this? I also have terrible difficulty gettin through security - boots off, jacket off, jewellery off, handbag, mobile, and still the bleeper goes off. then I am asked to remove my belt (a Per Una special with a large metal buckle) and then they decide to search me cos its probably my earrings. Now if I were a sex starved pervert I wid possibly do all this on purpose to get such a close tactile encounter - but I'm NOT and I WOULDN'T so there.
scallowawife from cowerin in the corner, incase security is aboot
I remember going through Birmingham airport last year where we had to take off our belts as well as boots - and then shuffle through the scanner thing trying to prevent one's trousers falling down. But since then I've gone through Innsbruck, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dublin, Manchester and Monastir airports - and only Sumburgh have asked me to remove footwear.
soljey from let's get the Star Trek teleport thing going
scallowawife: sounds like me whilst in transit in l.a HELL!
carol from been thru customs in lax
Last August, they were confiscating books at security in UK airports - just in case we decided to threaten to read to pilots!! Flying back from Tunisia there was none of these little clear plastic bags at the airport there. However, at the check-out in one of their duty-free shops airside, they did search a bag with items bought at another shop just a couple of doors along, and asked to see the receipt for it.
soljey from wright bros have a lot to answer for
before the flight to tahiti from paris i had to remove footwear,leaving the transit lounge inl.a, had to remove footwear,going to nz had to remove footwear in every airport and on ther way back as well, can i drive to nz in november instead of flying??
carol from been thru customs in lax
p.s. in l.a. i nhad to take my bridge out because its in metal!!!!
carol from been thru customs in lax
ummm - where on your body were you wearing a bridge? and if you have one and it works wonders - can I have one too? does it hold up your... no stop there.
scallowawife from puzzled and confused
It might be A Bridge Too Far.... Scallowawife you would need to be not only a sex-starved pervert, but also blind and/or mentally deranged to ever get enjoyment out of a close encounter with Sumbugger security, male or female!
Flying Cat from leaving furcoat&claws in a tray
scallowawife:- sorry to disappoint you but i mean the one that holds my false tooth
carol from the usual place
there are reports from people of cases arriving off the ferries empty or one had a pair of underpants left. We had visitors and they arrived and found lots of stuff missing (they didn't have a cabin). I am happy with security as it could save our lives - in Germany my son was searched on two occasions for each flight and each time taken for further searches because of his camera equipment. He didn't mind. Our security is the most important. But yes the guidelines have led to exploitation.
low key from shetland
I agree about the need for security. But it does beg the question , just how secure are things in airports if they can manage to lose bags so readily - in our case, not once but twice!!! Surely if security was so tight, and things were in their "system" they would know where everything was.
Soljey from staring forlornly at the carousel
It's common practice to remove boots and belts- it's the metal fittings on the boots which cause probllems. Still I'd much rather have that and be safe than sorry!
Ange from Lerwick
In SFO they put me in a Tardis machine, blew me up, then deposited me on the lounge side with no shoes! Have you tried getting your shoes back from a dark gentleman twice your size (up & out) and you will find it's not easy!
Soothmoother from security heaven
Nobody's saying we don't need security - of course we do!! It's just that the 'system' we have just now is nowhere near perfect. There also seems to be gaping differences from airport to airport.
Soljey from Shetland Mainland
a friend went through two airports in one day with his pen knife in his back pocket - an no one noticed!
scallowawife from shetland
Is there a 'system' Soljey? My laptop was inspected at Sumburgh (open the case take out laptop - see its a laptop - scan the laptop - put laptop back in case); inspected at Edinburgh (open the case; turn laptop on so it can be seen to be working; swab the laptop with a piece of foam; scan the foam for something; wait for machine to beep; turn laptop off & put back in the case). Is it different at every airport? I only took the laptop so I could watch a film while experiencing the inevitable delays at the airports.
Muness from Fetlar
I had this a few months ago at Edinburgh. The wiped my laptop - no rude comments! Apparently it's to detect explosive substances. I didn't mention the curry I'd had the night before!
Soljey from Shetland Mainland
I just wish someone would explain to most security staff, there are honourable exceptions, thatwe have paid their wages. Up front, before we travelled we gave the government through the airline sums of cash rangeing from 拢10 up to 拢40 depending on our route. We'd like to be safe, we pay them, they have employment ,we don't wish to be treated like they are our masters, the least they owe us is thoroughness and politeness.
Hyper-Borean from Landside
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