One time, I forgot to take off my watch before going through the metal detector, so I covered it with my hand, as they used to tell us to do pre 9-11. I was told to hold my arms out straight and go through again. They did not advise me to take my watch off. I don’t fly very often, so some of what is required is not habitual to me. Naturally my watch, which has a metal band set off the alarms. The TSA still didn’t ask me to remove my watch and go through again. Instead they pulled me aside and wanded me and patted me down. The wand was shoved up into my crotch, and the pat down got a bit personal. In retrospect, I think it was a TSA agent on a power trip. For those of you who are nostalgic for Bush, remember that he gave us Homeland Security and TSA.
“For those of you who are nostalgic for Bush, remember that he gave us Homeland Security and TSA.”
He also fought unionizing the TSA, but Congress pushed it anyway.