TRIPLE-SAFE IN MIAMI — by Steve Nadis
I had the pleasure–and indeed honor–of stopping off at Miami International Airport during both legs of my recent “South of the Border” excursion. I don’t have time to describe all the wonderful things I experienced during my Miami stopovers, but I can tell you I felt extremely safe. When you enter the line for the x-ray scanning machines, you are required to show your boarding pass and picture ID. When you get to the front of the line, so to speak, you show them both again. Then you pass through the scanners and, a few feet and a few seconds later, you show them again. That’s three times in the same line–three times in the course of a couple of minutes. I was getting repetitive motion syndrome from pulling out my documents and stuffing them back in my pocket so often. Why that’s supposed to be more secure I don’t know. The thing I especially don’t get is that you show your ID immediately before passing through the x-ray machine and then again immediately upon coming out a few seconds later. What’s supposed to happen in the interim? The only thing I can think of is that you might have lost your boarding pass and/or wallet amidst all that pointless back and forth. Then you’ll have all the time in the world to experience Miami International, though perhaps not the resources with which to fully enjoy it.
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In airports, I wear my fluffy denim skirt and rainbow colored bloomers. My shoes have metal shanks, which guarantees that I have to be checked individually and I must remove my shoes. So. I get to be entertaining as well. When I sit in the chair, I hoist my skirt up to reveal my colorful bloomers, and I untie my boots. I LOOK like a disorganized mess. But it’’s just for show.
Besides. They are going to make a big deal out of sweeping my laptop for gunpowder. I may as well entertain them with colorful undergarments.
MsAmber
Wow! I do the same thing! Only I always sprinkle a little gunpowder on my keyboard, just to liven things up.
How do you guys come up with this stuff???
They fooled you into thinking that was an x-ray machine. It’s actually a teleportation device ala Star Trek. When you emerged from that machine, you were no longer in Miami but rather in Reagan National Airport. So they need to check your ID when you emerge, because you never know who can come out of those things. You might have emerged at George Bush International Airport instead.
Wait a minute. Are you saying that Scottie beamed me up?