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Well, at an airport security check I got interviewed before boarding and the guy asked me how I got here. I thought it was a weird question to ask and I answer
by throw7 11y ago
Well, at an airport security check I got interviewed before boarding and the guy asked me how I got here. I thought it was a weird question to ask and I answered I got here by airplane (I was in a foreign country visiting).
He was totally non-plussed by the answer and said, "No, how did you get _here_?"... I was actually confused by the way he said it and he added, "What did you do this morning to get _HERE_?". I said I got up, packed, got on the train, transferred to the airport bus, and got here. He just paused and moved on to a few innocuous questions. It was kind of comical. I was waiting to be led to some back room for further interrogation, but in the end he just said 'enjoy your trip". :)
- pbhjpbhj 11y agoProbably the point of the question was to be confusing: it strikes me that if you give the brain something to work on - parsing and responding to a confusing question - it could make responding with false information more difficult. Imagine you were trying to remember the details of a false passport and an alibi for what you'd be doing - you get a weird question and your brain is then suddenly blank when you try to present your false identity. Seems plausible?
- freshhawk 11y agoSeems likely, also simply as a gauge to how you act while confused. A nervous person will probably be confused in a noticeably different way. They tell bad jokes to see how much you laugh, suddenly put on annoyed or aggressive personas to see how you react to those, etc. But your point about interrupting a liars narrative makes a lot of sense as well.
- zhte415 11y agoThis could also be an alternate way to ask "Did you pack your bags yourself? Did you leave them unattended?" to which everyone invariable answers 'yes'.