Defective Yeti On Teenagers, Terrorism And Behaviour Detection Guidelines

A hat-tip to the always enjoyable Defective Yeti for his irreverent coverage of the role of behaviour detection officers at airports. I work with a lot of teenagers who refuse to come out from their hooded tops or baseball caps. They speak in monosyllables and spend a lot of time in shoe-gazey mode, particularly when accompanied by parents. Courtesy of the photographs, I now know that they spend a lot of time torn between disgust and anger.

Matthew astutely observes that the average teenager would never be allowed to fly anywhere if these rules were applied rigorously.

in addition to having to forgo your iPod and hair gel you will now be required to check in your teen prior to boarding

The photograph and quotation from Matthew's post is distributed under Creative Commons.