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Apparently he had absolutely no idea, but it completely freaked him out.

by junto 10y ago

StavrosK 10y ago
With good reason, I can imagine how paranoid that would make me. I'd definitely try to find how they found this out, starting with checking whether I posted it somewhere public. That would be the least worrisome scenario.
- dhimes 10y ago
  Fuck, that freaks me out and I'm not gay nor traveling to the Mid East. Shit.
  - moftz 10y ago
    Most likely they were watching the Arab guy and were able to determine the name and travel plans of the person that was hanging out with the Arab.
phonon 10y ago
From my experience at Ben Gurion airport...security there has different stages. When you first walk in to the airport, even before you check in and get your ticket, some friendly attractive person will start chatting with you and ask about your trip. They will not identify themselves (or be dressed) as security. Your friend might very well have mentioned something to that person. Later, when the more formal security process/interview starts, they might ask followup questions based on info they got from that earlier "interview".
- literallycancer 10y ago
  >From my experience at Ben Gurion airport...security there has different stages. When you first walk in to the airport, even before you check in and get your ticket, some friendly attractive person will start chatting with you and ask about your trip. They will not identify themselves (or be dressed) as security. Your friend might very well have mentioned something to that person. This is interesting, where can I read more about this?
  - doubleplusgood 10y ago
    On mobile, this article seems to provide some info http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4978149 http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4978149
    - phonon 10y ago
      Yup. You'd be surprised what comes out of your mouth if someone attractive and personable starts smiling at you and asking questions randomly. You don't have your "defenses up" and you start blabbing away before you figure out that no, this person is not actually trying to hit on me :-)
      - doubleplusgood 10y ago
        I'm aware, I travel via TLV a lot :)
- sukilot 10y ago
  That's bizarre -- if I met someone like that I'd assume they were a criminal trying to rob me.

Apparently he had absolutely no idea, but it completely freaked him out.

by junto 10y ago

Apparently he had absolutely no idea, but it completely freaked him out.

With good reason, I can imagine how paranoid that would make me. I'd definitely try to find how they found this out, starting with checking whether I posted it somewhere public. That would be the least worrisome scenario.

dhimes 10y ago
Fuck, that freaks me out and I'm not gay nor traveling to the Mid East. Shit.
- moftz 10y ago
  Most likely they were watching the Arab guy and were able to determine the name and travel plans of the person that was hanging out with the Arab.

phonon 10y ago

From my experience at Ben Gurion airport...security there has different stages. When you first walk in to the airport, even before you check in and get your ticket, some friendly attractive person will start chatting with you and ask about your trip. They will not identify themselves (or be dressed) as security. Your friend might very well have mentioned something to that person. Later, when the more formal security process/interview starts, they might ask followup questions based on info they got from that earlier "interview".

literallycancer 10y ago
>From my experience at Ben Gurion airport...security there has different stages. When you first walk in to the airport, even before you check in and get your ticket, some friendly attractive person will start chatting with you and ask about your trip. They will not identify themselves (or be dressed) as security. Your friend might very well have mentioned something to that person. This is interesting, where can I read more about this?
- doubleplusgood 10y ago
  On mobile, this article seems to provide some info http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4978149 http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4978149
  - phonon 10y ago
    Yup. You'd be surprised what comes out of your mouth if someone attractive and personable starts smiling at you and asking questions randomly. You don't have your "defenses up" and you start blabbing away before you figure out that no, this person is not actually trying to hit on me :-)
    - doubleplusgood 10y ago
      I'm aware, I travel via TLV a lot :)
sukilot 10y ago
That's bizarre -- if I met someone like that I'd assume they were a criminal trying to rob me.