Comments on: Finalized return from aKademy http://blog.froglogic.com/2007/07/finalized-return-from-akademy/ A company weblog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:28:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Frerich Raabe http://blog.froglogic.com/2007/07/finalized-return-from-akademy/#comment-870 Frerich Raabe Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:51:58 +0000 http://blog.froglogic.com/2007/07/finalized-return-from-akademy/#comment-870 What Harri (intentionally) didn't mention in the second-last paragraph: the 'bewilderment' of the airport personnel was not only caused by us checking in our plastic bags but, I assume, mostly by Harri taking a photo of how the bags were checked in. I remember the face of the nice lady at the checkin, wearing a mixture of irritation and fear, when she asked me: "Did he just take a photo?". It was only then that I realized they had some guy driving his blazing car into the terminal two days before, and there were still policemen patroulling the area with their MP5s ready to mow down anything which doesn't wear even bigger guns. You don't want to take photos of how luggage is checked in in such a situation, I suspect they could argue that you were scouting how to sneak in a bomb made of... uhm... toothpaste and shaving foam. And then the airport is filled with a monotonous(sp?) RA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA... Et voila, two ex-frogs. What Harri (intentionally) didn’t mention in the second-last paragraph: the ‘bewilderment’ of the airport personnel was not only caused by us checking in our plastic bags but, I assume, mostly by Harri taking a photo of how the bags were checked in.

I remember the face of the nice lady at the checkin, wearing a mixture of irritation and fear, when she asked me: “Did he just take a photo?”. It was only then that I realized they had some guy driving his blazing car into the terminal two days before, and there were still policemen patroulling the area with their MP5s ready to mow down anything which doesn’t wear even bigger guns.

You don’t want to take photos of how luggage is checked in in such a situation, I suspect they could argue that you were scouting how to sneak in a bomb made of… uhm… toothpaste and shaving foam. And then the airport is filled with a monotonous(sp?) RA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA…

Et voila, two ex-frogs.

]]> By: Chani http://blog.froglogic.com/2007/07/finalized-return-from-akademy/#comment-863 Chani Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:16:47 +0000 http://blog.froglogic.com/2007/07/finalized-return-from-akademy/#comment-863 wow. airline incompetence never ceases to amaze me. I always assume that something will go wrong, and pack essentials in my carryon luggage (change of underwear, travel toothbrush, etc). canadian security seems to be sane enough now that all I have to do is dump out my water bottle and refill it after passing security. they never even said anything about my prescriptions. luckily the worst that's happened to me is having my luggage be a few hours behind on the last section and getting delivered to my mum the day after I got home. wow. airline incompetence never ceases to amaze me.
I always assume that something will go wrong, and pack essentials in my carryon luggage (change of underwear, travel toothbrush, etc). canadian security seems to be sane enough now that all I have to do is dump out my water bottle and refill it after passing security. they never even said anything about my prescriptions.
luckily the worst that’s happened to me is having my luggage be a few hours behind on the last section and getting delivered to my mum the day after I got home.

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