Mouse Tales - Do you know where those fingers have been?
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Now that Ian's back from his DisneyWorld college internship, the stories of life on the other side of the turnstyles are starting to filter out. And let's just say that image and reality don't meet up nearly as often as they should. I've been asked by a number of people whether I'm going to share any of those gems. With Ian's permission, I'll periodically post some "Mouse Tales" that will hopefully entertain and inform you.... And we'll start with a post titled "Do you know where those fingers have been?"
If you've visited the Disney parks, you'll know that there's a finger scanning device built into the turnstyles. They take a few basic measurements in order to match some rudimentary biometric information to your park ticket. This helps prevent multiple people from using the same ticket. If there's a biometric mismatch between your ticket and your fingers on subsequent use, you'll be asked to show ID that will be matched against the name on the back of your ticket.
Word of advice from Ian... Skip the finger scan, sign your ticket, and present ID. You don't *want* to know where those fingers have been...
Think about it... Literally tens of thousands of people visit the park each day. They range from dignified adults to snot-nosed youngsters... people who wash their hands 10 times a day to people who just sneezed on their hand prior to the finger scan... people who work in an office to people who work in "sanitation occupations". And in most cases, they just stick their fingers on that scanner and wait for the turnstyle to spit out their ticket... person after person after person after...
And when was the scanner last sanitized with some sort of alcohol swipe? Your odds aren't wonderful...
So... save your health and imagination. Just show your ID and practice "safe admission". No telling what germs you'll avoid that way...
Now that Ian's back from his DisneyWorld college internship, the stories of life on the other side of the turnstyles are starting to filter out. And let's just say that image and reality don't meet up nearly as often as they should. I've been asked by a number of people whether I'm going to share any of those gems. With Ian's permission, I'll periodically post some "Mouse Tales" that will hopefully entertain and inform you.... And we'll start with a post titled "Do you know where those fingers have been?"
If you've visited the Disney parks, you'll know that there's a finger scanning device built into the turnstyles. They take a few basic measurements in order to match some rudimentary biometric information to your park ticket. This helps prevent multiple people from using the same ticket. If there's a biometric mismatch between your ticket and your fingers on subsequent use, you'll be asked to show ID that will be matched against the name on the back of your ticket.
Word of advice from Ian... Skip the finger scan, sign your ticket, and present ID. You don't *want* to know where those fingers have been...
Think about it... Literally tens of thousands of people visit the park each day. They range from dignified adults to snot-nosed youngsters... people who wash their hands 10 times a day to people who just sneezed on their hand prior to the finger scan... people who work in an office to people who work in "sanitation occupations". And in most cases, they just stick their fingers on that scanner and wait for the turnstyle to spit out their ticket... person after person after person after...
And when was the scanner last sanitized with some sort of alcohol swipe? Your odds aren't wonderful...
So... save your health and imagination. Just show your ID and practice "safe admission". No telling what germs you'll avoid that way...
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Posted by Volker Weber At 04:54:41 On 10/01/2006 | - Website - |
Posted by Volker Weber At 04:56:16 On 10/01/2006 | - Website - |
Volker if you really want to freak out the immigration guy, pick your nose where he or she can see you do it, then do the fingerprint scan, all those guys have a sense of humour ;
Posted by Carl Tyler At 16:40:32 On 10/01/2006 | - Website - |
And it would do well for immigration to have a supply of moist towelettes at the sensors for after scanning use.
Posted by At 08:03:32 On 10/01/2006 | - Website - |
Posted by Julian Robichaux At 14:45:34 On 10/01/2006 | - Website - |