Can I also see my own information please?
I am quite annoyed at the airports because of all the security check points. It’s just tiring to disassemble myself and belongings, walk 2 meters, and reassemble. However, I realized that I am even more annoyed at passport/document check points in most countries.
When I enter/exit a country, a lovely officer checks my passport and documents. And looking at my passport, they enter some numbers in the computer. It’s okay until here, they need to check if the passport is real, my documentation has official basis etc. The thing that really bothers me is that I cannot see what’s on the screen. I cannot see what the officer is looking at, and seeing what’s about me. The officer’s monitor is equipped with the screen privacy filter. I cannot see my own information unless I am sitting at the officer’s seat.
A privacy filter protecting my information from me. This makes me really uncomfortable, I feel like I am a potential suspect. This is like being in an investigation room. You are a potential suspect and someone (who you cannot see) behind the one-way mirror is identifying you.
I think I should also be able to see what the officer is looking at, so that this is a much more mutual social transaction. He does his job, I travel with less stress.
Photo credit: Shingo
