Be prepared for LHR security to body scan your children

Ganga

Pollycat wrote: »

I will still wait and do as they ask.
They know what they want to do.
If they say to me 'can you lift your blouse', I'll lift it - and not feel that it's intrusive.
It's just somebody doing their job.

I don't need to show I don't have anything to hide - I don't.

I don't think your reluctance would have indicated anything at all to them.
It's their job, they do it all day every day.
They will be used to first time flyers, nervous flyers, people who don't speak English as a first language.
In fact, they well think the opposite - "Oh, here's somebody who wants to run this show, what are they hiding?"

I've been taken to a private room, I didn't find it intrusive at all.
It was just someone doing their job.
I wasn't hiding anything.

A lot of don"t,s :rotfl:

Pollycat

Ganga wrote: »

A lot of don"t,s :rotfl:

At least I managed to spell it correctly. :rotfl:

PaperDoll

Our recent holiday involved transit through Gatwick where my 5 year old was selected on both outward and return journeys to go through the body scanners. It was no big deal at all. I was with her the whole time, no more than an arms length with her while she was actually in the scanner booth, and staff spoke to her appropriately. Complete non event.

Murphy_The_Cat

The body scanner picked up a metallic patch in my "meat and 2 veg" area last weekend which amused my children greatly - apparently Dad has a metal willy !!

hollydays

Pollycat wrote: »

I will still wait and do as they ask.
They know what they want to do.
If they say to me 'can you lift your blouse', I'll lift it - and not feel that it's intrusive.
It's just somebody doing their job.

I don't need to show I don't have anything to hide - I don't.

I don't think your reluctance would have indicated anything at all to them.
It's their job, they do it all day every day.
They will be used to first time flyers, nervous flyers, people who don't speak English as a first language.
In fact, they well think the opposite - "Oh, here's somebody who wants to run this show, what are they hiding?"

I've been taken to a private room, I didn't find it intrusive at all.
It was just someone doing their job.
I wasn't hiding anything.

I didn't find it intrusive, you didn't find it intrusive, but when carrying out this kind of investigation ( which is what it is) they do well to remember that you don't know a persons life experiences , and being in a foreign country and faced with being taken into a private area with two people may be worrying or even scary for some women ., and I guess everyone should be given the same respect.

It makes no difference whether they do it every day, the point is the
Passenger doesn't do it everyday which is the salient point.
I have had to carry out searches myself and reluctance may have raised my suspicions, as I said.
Actually, one does need to know they are not hiding anything , no one has implied you were hiding anything?!

The way it was done , the question was left hanging in the air, unspoken but clearly there.

You are arguing a non issue.
If they didn't want to inspect my clothing they would have said" no that's ok" ...

Pollycat

hollydays wrote: »

I didn't find it intrusive, you didn't find it intrusive, but when carrying out this kind of investigation ( which is what it is) they do well to remember that you don't know a persons life experiences , and being in a foreign country and faced with being taken into a private area with two people may be worrying or even scary for some women ., and I guess everyone should be given the same respect.

It makes no difference whether they do it every day, the point is the
Passenger doesn't do it everyday which is the salient point.
I have had to carry out searches myself and reluctance may have raised my suspicions, as I said.
Actually, one does need to know they are not hiding anything , no one has implied you were hiding anything?!

The way it was done , the question was left hanging in the air, unspoken but clearly there.

You are arguing a non issue.
If they didn't want to inspect my clothing they would have said" no that's ok" ...

I'm not 'argiung' about anything.

You posted your experience.
I posted what I would have done differently.

But whilst we're on the subject, you posted that:

hollydays wrote: »

It's very intrusive to ask someone to lift clothing and they did it in such a subtle way that they were letting me lead the way as to what I was comfortable with and feeling in control.

but in your post quoted above you say you didn't find it intrusive. :huh:

If you didn't offer to lift your clothing, they wouldn't have had to tell you it wasn't necessary. :rotfl:

happyandcontented

The OP has not been back!

hollydays

Pollycat wrote: »

I'm not 'argiung' about anything.

You posted your experience.
I posted what I would have done differently.

But whilst we're on the subject, you posted that:

but in your post quoted above you say you didn't find it intrusive. :huh:

If you didn't offer to lift your clothing, they wouldn't have had to tell you it wasn't necessary. :rotfl:

Glad to hear you're not ' argiung'

Pollycat

hollydays wrote: »

Glad to hear you're not ' argiung'

If you have nothing on topic to say, why pick up on a spelling or grammar mistake? :huh:
Actually it was just a simple transposition of two letters next to each other on the keyboard.

hollydays

Pollycat wrote: »

At least I managed to spell it correctly. :rotfl:

I refer you to your comment above that you posted to another poster on this very thread..pulling him up on his spelling...together with your usual :rotfl:
Hypocrisy much?
If you can't take it, don't dish it out ..
Have a good evening .