http://www.andrewhay.ca/archives/259 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:47:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.andrewhay.ca/archives/259#comment-127 Andrew Hay » Blog Archive » Does status equate to more trustworthy people? Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:38:59 +0000 http://www.andrewhay.ca/?p=259#comment-127 [...] Waiting for my flight from Calgary to San Francisco for RSA 2011 I was able to spend some time in the Maple Leaf Lounge – access afforded to me by my frequent traveling and accumulation of Aeroplan miles. Now, I’m a fairly paranoid person when it comes to my personal effects and airports. Maybe it’s because I’ve seen the movie Brokedown Palace too many times and don’t want to be thrown in jail for inadvertantly try to smuggle someone else’s illicit narcotics between countries or maybe I just don’t trust people not to pilfer my stuff. If you walk around any airport in North America (I say North America as I haven’t spent much time overseas, nor have I noticed similar activity when I do travel abroad) you’ll often hear airport-wide announcements reminding passengers not to leave baggage unattended and to never carry something for someone else. As a result, many people do mind their luggage (some clinging to laptop bags and purses as if the secret police might try and rip it from their clutches) whilst others (arguably fewer since 9/11 and security at airports increased) continue to chase after their children, visit the bathroom and shop at the duty free store completely oblivious to the safety of their possessions left back at the public seating area (want to bet that these are the same people that kick my seat, let their babies cry because they don’t believe in soothers and rush to unbuckle...). [...] [...] Waiting for my flight from Calgary to San Francisco for RSA 2011 I was able to spend some time in the Maple Leaf Lounge – access afforded to me by my frequent traveling and accumulation of Aeroplan miles. Now, I’m a fairly paranoid person when it comes to my personal effects and airports. Maybe it’s because I’ve seen the movie Brokedown Palace too many times and don’t want to be thrown in jail for inadvertantly try to smuggle someone else’s illicit narcotics between countries or maybe I just don’t trust people not to pilfer my stuff. If you walk around any airport in North America (I say North America as I haven’t spent much time overseas, nor have I noticed similar activity when I do travel abroad) you’ll often hear airport-wide announcements reminding passengers not to leave baggage unattended and to never carry something for someone else. As a result, many people do mind their luggage (some clinging to laptop bags and purses as if the secret police might try and rip it from their clutches) whilst others (arguably fewer since 9/11 and security at airports increased) continue to chase after their children, visit the bathroom and shop at the duty free store completely oblivious to the safety of their possessions left back at the public seating area (want to bet that these are the same people that kick my seat, let their babies cry because they don’t believe in soothers and rush to unbuckle…). [...]

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