Well, that’s easy. I fly frequently (although not nearly as much as I used to before the advent of the TSA). I’ve been an outspoken critic of the TSA for years. I’ve written letters to congress, talked to people in line at the airports about the dangers of the TSA screening devices and about the violations of the 4th amendment inherent in the TSA, apparently convinced others in the screening lines to opt out of being scanned, filed police reports when I could (I filed a police report at SFO when the screener pulled down my pants in public; the LAX police have consistently refused to accept a police report, regardless of events). The TSA agents have made it clear that they know exactly who I am, including some of my medical history. I am not a random stranger to them.
The next time I fly (for business, or by need of expediency), I’m going ‘commando’. Let’em pull down my pants. No one (even my wife) wants to see a 40+ overweight man nekkid.
/said half sarc, half serious
I am not a random stranger to them.
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Why do you waste your time dealing the TSA agents on duty in the airports? Exactly what changes do you think they would be able to implement? Change the rules on the spot just for you? Not too likely.
I thought at first you were just paranoid. Now I agree with you, you very well may have been targeted because you are a serious PITA. Barking at the frontline agent? Oh yeah, you accomplish much that way.
It’s like you are yelling at the receptionist of a company for a bad decision made in the boardroom of that company. Can you say a waste of your breath?
Why not try to limit your yapping to the folks who can actually do something about the situation. But going to the airport, knowing full well the exact things that are going to happen to you, and then get all bent out of shape about it. And bark at the wrong people.