Comments on: Pockets banned for airport staff http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-532225 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532225 Yeah, what about bras? Get rid of 'em. Yeah, what about bras? Get rid of ‘em.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-531975 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531975 a few more years and all we're going to be allowed to wear in airports are translucent paper mumus and crocks. For the security, of course. a few more years and all we’re going to be allowed to wear in airports are translucent paper mumus and crocks. For the security, of course.

]]> By: Baldhead http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-532749 Baldhead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532749 I say all airport staff and all travellers do so NUDE. nothing concealed now eh? I say all airport staff and all travellers do so NUDE.

nothing concealed now eh?

]]> By: lumpi http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-532249 lumpi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532249 I'm feeling save already. I’m feeling save already.

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-532000 Gilbert Wham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532000 #8: Mandated pantslessness for the TSA and their brethren round the world? Sold. #8: Mandated pantslessness for the TSA and their brethren round the world? Sold.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-532010 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532010 They never needed pockets on Star Trek, I can't see why this should be a problem. They never needed pockets on Star Trek, I can’t see why this should be a problem.

]]> By: Purly http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-532546 Purly Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532546 Wait, people actually bribe the TSA? Wait, people actually bribe the TSA?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-532046 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532046 Helloooooo Fannypacks!!! Helloooooo Fannypacks!!!

]]> By: Itsumishi http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-532303 Itsumishi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532303 Wait everyone's missing the point here! We could all learn from this. <blockquote>The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) said it had sent a team to the airport to "observe the growing complaints about the behaviour of airport authorities and workers towards travellers".</blockquote> An authority with power over airline workers, listening to <strong>complaints about the behaviour of airport authorities and workers towards travellers</strong>. I sure as hell think that's a pretty amazing feat! Wait everyone’s missing the point here!

We could all learn from this.

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) said it had sent a team to the airport to “observe the growing complaints about the behaviour of airport authorities and workers towards travellers”.

An authority with power over airline workers, listening to complaints about the behaviour of airport authorities and workers towards travellers.

I sure as hell think that’s a pretty amazing feat!

]]> By: xstek99 http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-532566 xstek99 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532566 We shouldn't allow securities traders in the US to have offshore bank accounts either... We shouldn’t allow securities traders in the US to have offshore bank accounts either…

]]> By: jetfx http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-531850 jetfx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531850 That's a kind of indirect solution to the problem... That’s a kind of indirect solution to the problem…

]]> By: nanuq http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-531852 nanuq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531852 Works for me. Works for me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-531854 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531854 We need this for airports in the US, but not for preventing bribes: for preventing TSA employees from picking what they like from peoples' luggage and taking it home. This kind of regulation would be natural, since we already don't trust travelers the privacy of their pockets. Why trust the TSA goons? We need this for airports in the US, but not for preventing bribes: for preventing TSA employees from picking what they like from peoples’ luggage and taking it home. This kind of regulation would be natural, since we already don’t trust travelers the privacy of their pockets. Why trust the TSA goons?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-531855 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531855 Coleman Young tried the same thing in Detroit, with santitation workers. Didn't work. Coleman Young tried the same thing in Detroit, with santitation workers. Didn’t work.

]]> By: simonbarsinister http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-531856 simonbarsinister Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531856 So let me get this straight... They think that staff who think nothing of taking illegal bribes will hesitate to wear a money belt or pouch because that is against the rules? So let me get this straight…

They think that staff who think nothing of taking illegal bribes will hesitate to wear a money belt or pouch because that is against the rules?

]]> By: nck wntrhltr http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-531857 nck wntrhltr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531857 Cash still fits in their TSA-approved g-strings. Cash still fits in their TSA-approved g-strings.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-531860 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531860 when waistbands are outlawed, only outlaws will have waistbands. when waistbands are outlawed, only outlaws will have waistbands.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-532116 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532116 <i>When I flew out of Kathmandu in '87, there was a small curtained booth everyone went through one at a time. I thought it was a metal detector. Instead, inside was a guy sitting on a folding chair with a submachine gun across his lap.</i> I flew out in 1990. After I checked my bags, someone came over to me and told me that my bag was buzzing. I opened it up and found that I had left a battery in something. No, not that kind of something. I took it out and no harm done. The airport's so small that they immediately knew that it was my bag without asking. No hysteria. And this was during a major Maoist uprising. When I flew out of Kathmandu in ’87, there was a small curtained booth everyone went through one at a time. I thought it was a metal detector. Instead, inside was a guy sitting on a folding chair with a submachine gun across his lap.

I flew out in 1990. After I checked my bags, someone came over to me and told me that my bag was buzzing. I opened it up and found that I had left a battery in something. No, not that kind of something. I took it out and no harm done. The airport’s so small that they immediately knew that it was my bag without asking. No hysteria. And this was during a major Maoist uprising.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-531873 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531873 Why not rule out pants altogether? Seriously, this is all getting so ridiculous. Why not rule out pants altogether? Seriously, this is all getting so ridiculous.

]]> By: Mister Moofoo http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-532140 Mister Moofoo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532140 Am I naive in thinking that they oughtta try just firing people who take bribes? Am I naive in thinking that they oughtta try just firing people who take bribes?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-531891 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531891 It used to be that employees for McDonalds didn't have pockets in their uniforms either, and it was rumored to be the solution to till-dipping. But I noticed recently that this is not the case anymore. So either it wasn't as good a solution as they thought it was, or they found an even better one. It used to be that employees for McDonalds didn’t have pockets in their uniforms either, and it was rumored to be the solution to till-dipping. But I noticed recently that this is not the case anymore. So either it wasn’t as good a solution as they thought it was, or they found an even better one.

]]> By: subhan http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-531893 subhan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531893 I think all the workers should be required to work naked, with a wax seal on all bodily orifices. That'll teach 'em to take bribes! I think all the workers should be required to work naked, with a wax seal on all bodily orifices. That’ll teach ‘em to take bribes!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-531895 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531895 The guy who designed that solution took a bribe from the pocketless trouser lobbying group. The guy who designed that solution took a bribe from the pocketless trouser lobbying group.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-531916 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531916 Where will they keep the keys to the planes? Where will they keep the keys to the planes?

]]> By: Ted8305 http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-531917 Ted8305 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531917 Yet apparently, shirts with pockets are still OK. Yet apparently, shirts with pockets are still OK.

]]> By: Adam Stanhope http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-532429 Adam Stanhope Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532429 Does anyone know if they still jail people for smuggling in gold to Nepal? Artificially maintaining an officially higher price for gold within the country always struck me as such a strange practice... Does anyone know if they still jail people for smuggling in gold to Nepal? Artificially maintaining an officially higher price for gold within the country always struck me as such a strange practice…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-531924 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531924 When I flew out of Kathmandu in '87, there was a small curtained booth everyone went through one at a time. I thought it was a metal detector. Instead, inside was a guy sitting on a folding chair with a submachine gun across his lap. He asked me if I had any weapons. I said no, and he let me out the other side. Don't remember any pockets. When I flew out of Kathmandu in ’87, there was a small curtained booth everyone went through one at a time. I thought it was a metal detector. Instead, inside was a guy sitting on a folding chair with a submachine gun across his lap. He asked me if I had any weapons. I said no, and he let me out the other side.

Don’t remember any pockets.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-532186 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532186 Local entrepreneur invents shirts with inner pockets for sleeves in 3..2..1.. Local entrepreneur invents shirts with inner pockets for sleeves in 3..2..1..

]]> By: Victor Bogado http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-532444 Victor Bogado Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532444 Will they forbid underwear too? Will they forbid underwear too?

]]> By: RevEng http://boingboing.net/2009/07/01/pockets-banned-for-a.html#comment-532727 RevEng Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-532727 *Sigh* Once again, airlines demonstrate their lack of understanding of security issues. As with all of their other security measures, this amounts to treating the symptoms instead of the disease. There are a hundred other ways they could take bribes -- denying them pockets won't stop them. How about investigating, firing, and charging people who take bribes? This isn't something new -- police have been dealing with these situations for hundreds of years. You don't have to make it impossible, you just have to have a sufficient deterrent, and since you can never prevent it entirely, catch and stop those who inevitably do it anyway. Unfortunately, I could sit here and scream until I'm blue in the face and no airline will ever hear me. Making logical arguments in the comments of a blog is little more than personal gratification. *Sigh* Once again, airlines demonstrate their lack of understanding of security issues.

As with all of their other security measures, this amounts to treating the symptoms instead of the disease. There are a hundred other ways they could take bribes — denying them pockets won’t stop them. How about investigating, firing, and charging people who take bribes? This isn’t something new — police have been dealing with these situations for hundreds of years. You don’t have to make it impossible, you just have to have a sufficient deterrent, and since you can never prevent it entirely, catch and stop those who inevitably do it anyway.

Unfortunately, I could sit here and scream until I’m blue in the face and no airline will ever hear me. Making logical arguments in the comments of a blog is little more than personal gratification.

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