PO'ed Veteran

[buckeyefarmer]

I haven't been to an airport in 15 years and have no intention of ever going there again. Being xrayed, frisked, undressed, and generally disrespected just isn't worth it!

Once before the mandatory "undress before going thru the xray" routine, I was asked "would you like to take your shoes off". I of course said "no". So they let me go thru the xray with my shoes on, then sat me down on the other side, made me take my shoes off, and they xrayed the heck out of em. :laughing:

 

[chopped]

Discover actually encourages the see ID signature.

 

[aczlan]

Discover actually encourages the see ID signature.

Sign the Back of Your Card:
It's easier for most thieves to create a fake ID than it is to copy your handwriting. So signing your card is safer than writing "See ID".

 

[20 20]

I haven't been to an airport in 15 years and have no intention of ever going there again. Being xrayed, frisked, undressed, and generally disrespected just isn't worth it!

I feel the exact same way.

 

[Bird]

I haven't been to an airport in 15 years and have no intention of ever going there again. Being xrayed, frisked, undressed, and generally disrespected just isn't worth it!

I've been to DFW to pick up family members, and will be doing so again a week from today, but I haven't been to an airport as a customer to fly since 1986 and hope I never have to do so again. So I haven't gone far enough into the airport to have to go through their imitation security system.

 

[riptides]

Sign the Back of Your Card:
It's easier for most thieves to create a fake ID than it is to copy your handwriting. So signing your card is safer than writing "See ID".

I write "challenge me, duplicate this" in cursive.

I use to write it in cyrillic, but somehow some people did not get it.

 

[CinderSchnauzer]

I write "challenge me, duplicate this" in cursive.

I use to write it in cyrillic, but somehow some people did not get it.

Lately I'm starting to see more and more of those electronic "etch a sketch" things where you have to sign electronically. Places like HD and Future Shop. Most have no hand support and the window is often a bit recessed. After signing - I wouldn't recognize my own signature, if required.

I anyone checked there would be no resemblance to my actual signature on the back of the CC.

 

[riptides]

Lately I'm starting to see more and more of those electronic "etch a sketch" things where you have to sign electronically. Places like HD and Future Shop. Most have no hand support and the window is often a bit recessed. After signing - I wouldn't recognize my own signature, if required.

I anyone checked there would be no resemblance to my actual signature on the back of the CC.

Actually, that is a good thing. I have issues with machines capturing my personal data. Signature being one of them. I usually mark that line with some jibberish and a "special" mark. Funny how when some cashiers see it, they chuckle, but never challenge. Sigh.....

 

[milkman]

It ain't just the airport doing the xray and other crap, about 2 months ago, the wife was stat flighted to the emergency room, when I got there, just inside the emergency room door was a guard that had me empty my pockets and go through a metal detector, also used the wand. I had a regular pocket knife in my pocket and that was confiscated and put into a safe till I came back out. The wife took her wallet with her medical cards and that too was confiscated from her and put into a safe. When she was released, she got her wallet back in a plastic bag and all her cards were out of the wallet for anyone to see. The day after we got home, we got two phone calls asking if we ordered anything from France. The hospital is the only place the cards were out of our possession so good thing they were kept SAFE!!! Won't be going back there for anything.

 

[aczlan]

When she was released, she got her wallet back in a plastic bag and all her cards were out of the wallet for anyone to see. The day after we got home, we got two phone calls asking if we ordered anything from France. The hospital is the only place the cards were out of our possession so good thing they were kept SAFE!!! Won't be going back there for anything.

Did you call the hospital and mention this to them? They probably have a security camera covering the safe and could find out who was in there fairly quickly. Might save someone else a headache.

Aaron Z