Sure, there’s some silly things they make TSA do, but I smell a set-up here. I would bet that a complete video would show a cantankerous and crabby old lady that was already throwing a fit well before any search. Then she kicks at somebody and hits her walker instead.
Yes, we should be profiling and giving our extra attention to swarthy males between 17 and 35. You can’t however, announce that certain classes of people are exempt from screening or they’ll be the ones carrying the ‘splosives.
I’ve been through the screening hundreds of times, before and after 9/11 and creation of the TSA. I’m polite, I’m prepared, and I never have had any trouble. I breeze through. In my experience the people who bring an attitude and get all huffy about things are the ones that end up slowing everybody else down, and they’re invariably the ones that end up throwing a fit.
One gal in line ahead of me once was a classic case. I swear she looked like she decided to wear every piece of goth metal-studded clothing she owned. Complete with knee-high boots with about a dozen buckles each, huge bangly earrings, a steel-studded collar, studded gloves... and nasty, obnoxious attitude. I really wanted to ask her “did you not know you were going to the airport when you got dressed this morning? Seriously?” She slowed everybody else down and got all crabby like it was somebody else’s fault.
It’s just not that hard. But in all my travels, far more than the airline personnel or TSA personnel, the biggest problems and annoyances are caused by some asshat passenger that decides they need to get rude and disruptive and get in somebody’s face.
It’s very difficult for me to give a damn seeing as though our socialist government is inherently evil as are the thugs that do the searching and the asshats that run this freaking bureaucracy.
“It’s just not that hard. But in all my travels, far more than the airline personnel or TSA personnel, the biggest problems and annoyances are caused by some asshat passenger that decides they need to get rude and disruptive and get in somebody’s face.”
I have 2 8” titanium rods in my back, walk with a can & wear a prosthetic. I get to go the the time-out box & get the the “full grope” every time. I’m sure I hold up the line- am I an asshat?
I mourn for my country, because the terrorists won- we just haven’t admitted it yet.
Mind-Blowing TSA Stupidity and Political Correctness
I’ve had some fun mocking the bureaucrats from the Transportation Security Administration, including stories such as:
o Confiscating a plastic hammer from a mentally retarded man.
o Detaining a woman for carrying breast milk.
o Hassling a woman for the unexplained red flag of having sequentially numbered checks.
o Demanding that a handicapped 4-year old boy walk through a metal detector without his leg braces.
o Putting an 8-year old cub scout on the no-fly list.
Keep in mind that these are the geniuses who still fail to catch guns and box cutters – even when using the body-scan equipment!
May you live to a ripe old age and experience all the blessings that come with it.
May the government be with you every step of the way to help you along. :-)