Create The Whole Picture

Create the whole picture when you meet new people; it could be critical to do this.

This was clearly illustrated in a recent incident involving a young Asian man who attempted to hide his true identity when he boarded an airplane headed for Vancouver, B.C., by wearing a mask that created the impression of a very old man. This combined with false identify papers initially helped him slip past trained officer at loading check points who assumed he was this elderly person returning to Canada.

He would have gotten away with this except he made two mistakes: First he forgot to make sure his hands matched his facial features and for some reason he decided to abandon his mask in the airplane's washroom mid flight.

The alert passenger next to him had already alerted the flight crew that something was suspicious about this person because young hands did not match his old facial features so when he emerged from the washroom as a young Asian man the crew immediately alerted the authorities in Vancouver and he was nabbed when the airliner landed.

Who knows how many other people use such disguises. If you read Eye Spy magazine you'll agree that there are probably many, many incidents like this in other settings. And this type of thing can be very hard to detect as any good makeup artist will show you.

I can be done, however, if you get into the habit of capturing or creating the complete picture of the person you are confronting or see – their face, their eyes, -- their hands -- as well as other features and even body language – everything you notice about that person.

Do they create a picture of the person her or she is supposed to be?