Re: [Leica] airport security kinda long. ;-)

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

This world is made up of participants and spectators.

I applaud the participants.

Roland Smith
Oakland, California

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 10:22 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] airport security kinda long. ;-)


> Yup, they sure 'won' that one! Got up a couple hours early to go to the
> airport. Stood in line. Finally got up to security and, By Gum! they
> wouldn't submit to any of that police state crap! Got told to go away.
Went
> to the airline counter. Waited on line. Got told to get lost. Filed their
> papers in Small Claims court - and got the cost of the ticket back - plus
> the $10 or $20 filing fee. What a victory! It only cost them how many days
> of their time to get back the money for the flight they never took. Oh,
yah,
> and then there's the vacation they missed, or business trip, the cancelled
> hotel and rental car reservations. What a victory! ROFLOL!!!!!
>
> What is it in the air today? Smells to me like Ayn Rand's perfume. Go you
> Objectivists! ;-)
>
> B. D.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of James A.
> Gatlin
> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 1:12 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] airport security kinda long. ;-)
>
>
> Hate to disagree with you Seth.......
> But I personally know of 4 different people who did this very
> thing.......and won!
>
> They refused the random strip search... and was denied access to their
> flight... quite naturally. And as someone pointed, the security people
could
> not have cared less.
>
> Next they went to the airline tincket counter, and asked for a refund. No
> deal. The counter people could not have cared less.
>
> Next they sent a letter to the ariline office demanding a refund, (of
course
> detailing why), and again, no deal.
>
> Final step.... Small Claims court..... which does not require lawyers....
> told their story to the judge, BAM.. they won judgment for the cost of the
> ticket, plus the minimal costs of the court fees.
>
> Now granted, the airlines and the security people still don't give a
crap...
> but at least these people got their money back, and now, even they don't
> give a crap anymore.
>
> You can at times fight back... and win.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <SthRosner@aol.com>
>
> > > I will ask for, then
> > >  demand, then sue if necessary for a refund.
> >
> > And you will spend a lot of money for a lawyer and you will lose.
> >
> > Seth
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