# More "Security" Follies **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 8, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-security-follies/278748 "2004-12-08T15:15:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-security-follies/278748/1 "2004-12-08T15:15:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Dress Code Wearing Thin On Air Marshals: > A Thanksgiving Day morale booster for federal air marshals has instead turned into possible pink slips for air cops who ignore their strict dress code. > Thomas Quinn, director of the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS), paid a surprise visit to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thanksgiving to thank the law-enforcement officials for their holiday work. He reportedly was angered when nearly 30 marshals deplaned and only one was dressed satisfactorily… Later on, the story notes, “The dress-code policy is a sore point among the traveling marshals, who say it compromises their undercover status.” Gee, ya think? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-security-follies/278748/2 "2004-12-08T15:21:23Z")
Gah. The inmates are in charge of the asylum. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-security-follies/278748/3 "2004-12-08T15:35:24Z")
Who the hell dresses up on airplanes anymore? Even on business trips during the middle of the day, I hardly see any suits. Most people are either casual or business casual. THey might as well just standardize on a uniform of, say, a bright pink blazer with teal buttons that says “Air Marshall” on the back and adopt a bulls-eye as the agency symbol. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-security-follies/278748/4 "2004-12-08T18:31:01Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Gah. The inmates are in charge of the asylum. Sounds to me more like the Pointy-Haired Boss (who is so wrapped up in his status that he’s lost sight of his agency’s objective) is in charge of the agency. ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-security-follies/278748/5 "2004-12-08T18:42:37Z")
I can see the point of a minimum standard of dress for air marshalls; If weird stuff goes down on a plane that I’m on, I don’t think I’d think I’d trust a guy who jumped up wearing an Iron Maiden t-shirt and was holding a gun. The standards in the article seem really over the top though. I often pick up people at the airport when they fly in on company business and I rarely see anybody dressed the way they’re supposed to. Peace - DESK ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-security-follies/278748/6 "2004-12-08T19:21:10Z")
> [@D.E.S.K.Top668](#): > > If weird stuff goes down on a plane that I’m on, I don’t think I’d think I’d trust a guy who jumped up wearing an Iron Maiden t-shirt and was holding a gun. Heck - That’s exactly who I WOULD trust! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-security-follies/278748/7 "2004-12-08T19:34:26Z")
A South American dictator hired an American clothing manufacturer to make some incredibly flashy uniforms that the dictator had designed (gold and red silk, huge ornate hat, three-foot sword, etc). Startled at the tackiness, but game, the manufacturer concluded, “These should look great on your palace guards”. _“Palace guards?!”_, thundered the dictator. _“These are for my secret police!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-security-follies/278748/8 "2004-12-08T20:31:02Z")
> [@D.E.S.K.Top668](#): > > I don’t think I’d think I’d trust a guy who jumped up wearing an Iron Maiden t-shirt and was holding a gun. What else is Eddie supposed to wear then? A shirt saying he’s a toothpaste salesman from Montana? I don’t think I’ve seen many people fly in a suit, and it’s even rarer in coach. Or do these guys get to live the high life cause if so I know where I’m applying next. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-security-follies/278748/9 "2004-12-08T23:00:19Z")
I’d bet Thomas Quinn has a poster of J. Edgar Hoover on the wall over his bed. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-security-follies/278748/10 "2004-12-09T00:17:17Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > I’d bet Thomas Quinn has a poster of J. Edgar Hoover on the **wall** over his bed. You misspelled **ceiling**.