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Originally Posted by will76
i've had a full pat down flying across Europe back in 2002. Not even in the US. And I didn't run back to GfY to bitch about how those damn Europeans violated my privacy. They got me good, all the way up the crotch. I was a little surprised but was fine with it, they were doing it to everyone too not just selective people. It made me feel safer especially since it was only 1 year after 911. I was thinking how nice it would be if we (United States) would take the same safety precautions as they were doing.
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Damn! Where were you? That's insane.
When we went to the Amsterdam show in 2007 I was shocked because when we landed it was 6 a.m. and I was exhausted...thought I'd be in line at customs for hours.
Nope. No customs at all! One guy just waved us in.
Then when I flew back home, they did the same little x-ray of the carry ons but the whole process was much faster and much more efficient.
Then when I got back to the U.S. it was a nightmare.
Embarrassing even...I was in the U.S. citizens line and still felt harassed as they demanded to know what I was doing out of the country...I told them it was none of their goddamn business. lol! The guy didn't know what to do when I said that, and he finally just mumbled "welcome home" and stamped me in.
But over in the "non-citizen" line it was like watching Nazi's at work. They were fingerprinting and eye scanning people and searching them. I couldn't help but think how bad that looked, especially after my experience at Amsterdam airport.