The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #94117   Message #1819656
Posted By: Willie-O
26-Aug-06 - 05:49 PM
Thread Name: BS: Passenger allowed on plane with no ID
Subject: RE: BS: Passenger allowed on plane with no ID
I don't care if he (Foghorn Leghorn) got on the plane or not...what I'm curious about is what he did after he got off the plane.

Did he get into a taxi and show the taxi driver his business brochure or whatever???? How did he even make a phone call? On my planet we have this stuff called money...comes in different forms, but you need it to exchange for goods and services...

Letting someone avoid regular security procedures because of their appearance...I've had some experience with that. A few years ago when I worked in a Canadian Tire (hardware store), the power tools were kept in locked cabinets and we were supposed to walk them to the cash for the customer. Christmas season, this respectable middle-aged guy wants an expensive multi-tool which we don't have, so he settled for the Black & Decker consumer model. What the hell, I think to myself, it's busy and the guy looks OK, I hand it to him and go do something else.

An hour later the entire staff of the store is gathered around the paint counter getting our "X-mas greetings" picture taken, I am mixing paint for a customer and it's not coming out right, when the
general manager comes up and shows me the wrapper for a Black & Decker multi-tool which was found on the floor somewhere....I have a sudden flash that the guy LOOKED perfectly respectable...in fact he was a dead ringer for Tony Soprano!

W-O