RANT: All those security checks at Glorietta.

[nicolodeon]

It's overkill, I tell you! I mean you enter Landmark at the 2nd level, they check your bags. You exit landmark and enter Glorietta proper, they check your bags again. You exit Glorietta and enter SM, they check your bags again. At rush hour the queue is sooooo long. Do I think it's effective? It's a 50/50 proposition. I mean sometimes the guard on duty throughly checks your bag. On certain days where a different guard is on duty, they just take a quick peak and wave you in.

Why all those checks? Yeah, I know it's for security and all that but it seems that the security detail of SM does not trust the security detail of Glorietta who in turn does not trust the security detail at Landmark.

It can be a pain especially at times when:

1. The line is long.
2. You have stuff you carry in separate bags (because you need to open them everytime.

Sheesh. If you ask me, there's no sane logic behind this.

[FrankDrebin]

Why don't they just invest a special equipment for it just like the hotels?

[falken]

Well, isipin mo na lang that it's for our own protection. Makati kasi ang first target kung may nagtangkang magpasabog ng bomba.

[nicolodeon]

Well, isipin mo na lang that it's for our own protection. Makati kasi ang first target kung may nagtangkang magpasabog ng bomba.

Yep, I agree pero question is: alam ba nila ba hitsura ng hinahanap nila? Pag nadaan kayo papasok sa Glorietta (coming from Landmark 2nd level) yung desk dun ng guards eh may picture ng bomba. However, if you would take a closer look, medyo hindi na atta applicable yung ibang shapes dun. I mean, mayrun dun hawig sa isang WWI areal bomb.

Going back to the topic, ang hirap eh - lalo na pag marami kang dala. Okay lang kung maluwag pero at rush hours, cumbersome yung system. Nagkakainisian na minsan tuloy yung mga tao at yung mga guards.

[boybi]

puro bullshit yang mga security checks ng mga malls. pati sa mga carparks.

yung sa podium, dun sa entrances sa 1st floor, meron pa silang metal detector ala airport style. pero hindi naman nila ini-inspect yung mga nanggagaling sa basement parking. ang labo.

[FrankDrebin]

Mas lalo na yung sisilipin yung underchassis mo. As if naman na maglagay ng bomba sa ilalim ng kotse. Hehehe :D

[nugundam93]

Mas lalo na yung sisilipin yung underchassis mo. As if naman na maglagay ng bomba sa ilalim ng kotse. Hehehe :D

a friend and his friends, just for kicks to prove that security was still confused at that time, nung time na paranoia was high due to the rizal day bombings, managed to sneak in an RPG launcher AND AMMO on the underside ng pickup (forgot which model) into the robinson's galleria mall.

hmmmmm. food for thought.

[van_wilder]

a friend and his friends, just for kicks to prove that security was still confused at that time, nung time na paranoia was high due to the rizal day bombings, managed to sneak in an RPG launcher AND AMMO on the underside ng pickup (forgot which model) into the robinson's galleria mall.

hmmmmm. food for thought.

a friend of mine left an anti-tank at the back of their range rover... since its a range rover... hindi na pinabuksan yun likod... imagine mo yun.... as if naman kasi mahirap ang mga terrorist...

[NazQ]

mejo patapon nga yung mga checks sa malls. ang iniisip ko na lang kung may bomba ka sa bag, kakabahan ka pa rin. hopefully ma notice ng mag guard kasi usually nagchichikahan lang yan sabay sundot ng stick sa bag mo..

[theveed]

Stupid sya actually, mas ok pa ginagawa ng Shangri-La mall na may rumorondang bomb sniffing dogs lagi... Mas inutil mga tao sa bomba kesa sa aso...

[roninblade]

yep. malabo nga. at least sana nagco-cooperate yung mga malls na yun pagdating sa "security checks" nila. para di na paulit-ulit habang nasa loob.

[BlueGirl]

kahit naman paulit ulit hindi naman talaga nagcheck ng gamit eh..as if naman isasawsaw lang naman nila yung mahiwagang stick nila sa bag mo hindi naman nakatingin..so ako hindi ko na pinapansin un..minsan nga sa landmark nakakapasok ako (from glorieta) na hindi nachek bag ko..siguro kasi SOP na sa kanila kaya ganon..medyo redundant nga pero baka sumusunod lang sila..

[ILuvDetailing]

dati sa ATC, may nagpepet sa mga bomb sniffing dog, muntik na nakagat hehehe... ang cute kasi ng aso.

[theveed]

Kung gusto mo magsmuggle ng bomba, lagay mo yung C4/Pillbox sa malaking baso ng McDo or something, or kung may dala kang baby stroller, automatic na di na chinecheck as well ng mga guards shz...

[mazdamazda]

actually... that's just a psychological security measure.

like what the NYPD is doing right now when they are deploying their Hercules team randomly around NY.

[niky]

Napansin ko din yun sa baby stroller... heck kahit may sandamukal ng grocery bags dun, di pinapansin.... oops, shhh... baka may nambabasa na terrorist dito...

[ian_rex]

relax lang mga people. its their job. imagine, you create a job by posting sentries there. as mazdamazda said,"psychological". may iba pang security measures dun aside from the sentries...

[kiper]

ginagawa lang ni la ung usual na reason..

mas-okay na ung ganyan kaysa wala.

[BoEinG_747]

^^^ oo nga ,iyon na nga lang ang ilan sa responsibilities nila ,ayaw nyo pa
hayaan nyo naman sila mag trabaho kahit hassle na minsan ,trabaho lang

[the_wildthing]

Honestly they do not know what they are looking for.

I once brought a hard disk in. Tinanong kung ano yun. Sabi ko hard disk. Sabi nya ok.

E pano kung bomba pala ang nasa-loob nun?