[117170] in Cypherpunks
Maximum Security: Budget Suites
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Fri Aug 27 15:32:35 1999
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 21:12:51 +0200 (CEST)
Message-Id: <199908271912.VAA28011@mail.replay.com>
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
Anonymous writes:
> Maximum Security: Budget Suites
> At Budget Suites of America, security is truly hands-on: Guests are
> required to have their fingerprints taken at check-in.
>
> Routine guest fingerprinting started in March and is currently being tested at
> the extended-stay chain's three Arizona properties, says Vikki Morley, a
> Budget Suites vice president. The idea is to make guests -- who stay an
> average of 18 days -- feel more secure, she says, since criminals would
> generally not want to have their fingerprints taken. While Ms. Morley
> admits that a few people have turned around and left when they heard
> about the requirement, mostly she says, "it's not a big deal" to guests, who
> may already have had their prints taken at banks or ministorage areas.
Baaaaaa! Whaaaaaaat's wrong with haaaaving your fingerprints
taaaaaaken? Do you haaaaave something to hide? Baaaaaa!
LambChops
