FEB 24, 19 (Part 2 of 2) .. AND THE BEAT GOES ON .. CAPTAIN’S ISSUES WITH AIRPORT SECURITY

By Cap Chastain February 24, 2019 Airline Security, DRAMA, Gullible 4 Comments

The entire purpose of what I do here is to try to assist anyone reading along here with their journey through life. With this in mind, hoping it will help someone somewhere, I’m publishing the below.

Gullible commented as follows to yesterdays post :

Just a suggestion: keep the wallets on your person. You have to remove your jacket to go through security, so put all four in a zipped pocket when you go thru Xray. Then check immediately when your jacket comes thru the carry on belt. Then you can split them up into various places.

Another suggestion: rather than leave all four in your back pack, out all four in a brightly colored nylon bag, which you then put in the security trays. That way, you can keep an eye on it as it goes thru the security belt. Open it when you get it and make sure all four are still there, then split them up.

Either of these methods should prevent thefts.

However, I still find it strange that one out of our of five people looked in the pocket where they were.

I replied to Gullible as follows :

First, as usual, as always, in all ways, THANK YOU so very much for your comments and suggestions. Coming from one (you) who has so much actual experience in doing what I do, going through this immigration / security process. Second, THANK YOU for caring enough to read these posts and to care enough to offer your most valuable advice.

Let’s begin with the REAL PROBLEM HERE : At age 82-years-and-counting, we now have the REAL PROBLEM. There is no way that I am as sharp and alert as I once was. Add to this aging issue, and I would hope you will agree, is the additional issue of the stress of the entire process. It IS extremely stressful. Have I ever mentioned that recently, on this October 16, 2018, trip, I once got to the boarding gate without my entire backpack? So you have a semi-dim-witted elder under enormous stress here.

NO!!! I didn’t forget anything. Well except MY ONE principle carry-on item, my backpack!!!

As you know, I DO keep all four wallets ON my person. Most often (this was an exception in this case) I NEVER take two of the four off my person because security doesn’t find them because of where I carry them. I decided here on this journey through security / immigration, to fully remove everything from my person.

YES a great suggestion to put them into a brightly colored nylon bag. Get with me now. IF I can leave an entire backpack in security, I can leave even a brightly colored nylon bag and a jacket with things in a zipped pocket there as well. I’ve taken off my belt / belt buckle in security and forgotten to put it back on until my trousers came down. Luckily I was wearing my Adidas running trousers on under my dress trousers.

REPEAT : The REAL PROBLEM HERE IS : You have a semi-dim-witted elder to deal with.

LASTLY (for now) THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for thinking it odd that my wheel chair assistant went (she did not stop at GO either) straight for where the ‘missing wallets’ were when four of us totally missed them / or / they were not there when we four looked there. Some of you / one of you may be thinking : “How could you even think that a lovely and innocent looking wheel chair attendant could do anything like steal your wallets?”

Look at what the honorable and clean cut and yes beloved KTLA Angeles news anchor since 2011 did! Whodda Thunk that he, of all people, was up to what he was up to!!!

For now, over and out, Cap

https://nypost.com/2019/02/23/beloved-ktla-news-anchor-chris-burrous-cause-of-death-revealed/

The entire purpose of what I do here is to try to assist anyone reading along here with their journey through life. With this in mind, hoping it will help someone somewhere, I published the above.

Oh Thanks A Lot Captain! However you DID NOT give so much as one of us THE ANSWER to the above. So THANKS FOR NOTHING!

And some of you actually think that YOU have a set of Committees in YOUR head.

You want an answer? Here it is! STOP AGING!!

Still Smiling .. Even at myself .. Cap

“God Captain! You’re NOT going to publish this are you??”

“Ah-h-h shut up!”

4 thoughts on “FEB 24, 19 (Part 2 of 2) .. AND THE BEAT GOES ON .. CAPTAIN’S ISSUES WITH AIRPORT SECURITY”

  1. zilla

    Monday, February 25, 2019 – noon
    Hi Cap,
    I read with interest that you were familiar with the pasting (suicide – overdose of drugs) of Chris Burrous, news anchor here in LA! Out of curiosity, you being so far away and maybe not into details of LA, I was impressed you new the details – you certainly do keep up with the news (everywhere)! Very nifty!!
    zilla

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    1. Cap Chastain Post author

      Yo ‘Zilla.’Keeping Up’ is What I Do my great friend of decades. So happy you are still following along here with our adventures. Chris Burrous’ story proves that : We never know do we about very much. Onward .. Cap

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  2. Gullible

    I understand the age-related dim wittedness all too well. I do stupid things on a regular basis. I won’t go into the comical episode at the checkout line in Costco a couple months ago. I’m trying to forget it…..on the other hand, it might make a good post on Gullible’s Travels.

    I try very hard at security, though, to recall everything I put on the conveyor belt. And, I stand there at the outlet until everything comes through. A bright orange zipped bag containing very important stuff and paid on top of the other stuff would be hard to miss. The ones I have are sold as packing cubes by REI etc.

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