Well I am on the minority, but no this does not bother me. You can always ask for a private room or an agent of the same gender if it feels immodest.
Not every hospital provides such a card and for those that have them, the cards can easily get lost, etc.I know. My parents both have cards for metal in their bodies. If you are going to go somewhere that you know had metal detectors, why wouldn’t you carry that? It’s absurd to expect security to just trust you when you say you have had XYZ surgery. Formally hey know you have a weapon of some sort strapped to you under your clothes.
Exactly, now if I had metal in my knees, chances are good that they could see the scars because I almost always wear shorts to the parks. So, it is simplistic, but for the OP, I think security was way out of line.Whether or not titanium sets off the metal detector depends on the type of metal detector, so an implant that sets off one might not set another.
https://www.verywell.com/will-a-metal-implant-set-off-metal-detectors-2549530
It would make sense to tell the guest, “I can either use the wand or you can show me your scar. Which would you prefer?”
It would also make sense to look at the scars if the guest offers.
But, to go straight to “show me your scar” doesn’t make sense.
I think everyone recognises and greatly appreciates the need for security at somewhere like Disney and that isn’t the issue here.
It doesn’t seem to happen anywhere else at Disney, just this one park entrance, so it isn’t an operational policy. It’s inconsistent and potentially distressing. What if you’re wearing something that isn’t easily rolled up to the knee? What do they do to comply with (their own, it seems) security procedure then? Why only knees? Why not hips and spine pins and everything else that could be replaced?
Pfft...my mom had a knee replacement and she would be DELIGHTED if security asked to see her scars. She shows them off to anyone and everyone, unprompted. Sometimes, she will give a courtesy of asking "do you want to see my scar?", before she lifts her pants leg, but most of the time, no. She likes to talk about her medical issues to anyone who will listen, and show her various scars and wounds as well.
My mom...
Oh, you poor thing. My mom uses preboarding too, and wheelchair assistance through the airport, because she's "disabled"...because she had a knee replacement surgery 5 years ago.
She likes the attention. Sigh.