Security screener fired after handing traveler ‘you ugly' note

Cox Media via WPXI ^ | August 16, 2019 | Jared Leone

[rightwingintelligentsia]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - An airport security screener was fired after handing a traveler a note with a rude message scrawled on it.

Neal Strassner was going through the Greater Rochester International Airport when the security guard handed him a torn piece of paper with the words “you ugly” written on it.

"I got handed something. I really didn't look at the thing, I kept going,” Strassner told WHAM. "She called back to me a few times, asked me if I was going to read the note or open it or something. I look at it, look at her and kind of shrug my shoulders ... and she laughed."

The incident took place in late June. Strassner waited more than a month for the video after filing a Freedom of Information request for it, WROC reported.

The employee works for VMD Corp. a security company based in Virginia, contracted through the TSA. VMD did not comment. TSA confirmed the employee was fired, WROC reported.

[This I Wonder32460]

Ugly in appearance or Ugly in disposition?

My grandmother often used the word “ugly” when what she meant was “vicious” or “mean” in temperament.

[righttackle44]

She's there for security purposes, not to flirt.

That's a naive answer. I've watch TSA types a lot. They're human, and I've seen them do a lot of stupid, amusing, enraging, and other kinds of things. Of course many of them flirt with passengers.

[mass55th]

It’s not a naive answer. I worked as an officer and Sergeant in Corrections for 25 years. You know nothing about security, or the requirements of working in that field. TSA are there for security. They aren’t there for socializing. They are the last stop before individuals board a plane. Do you want someone who takes their job serious, and does the job according to the rules, or do you want someone who is more interested in laughing, flirting, and carrying on with the boarding passengers, and totally ignoring the job they are paid to do? It’s a no brainer.

[righttackle44]

So, I don’t believe you. For all of your security and corrections experience, I think you’re blinded to what goes on at TSA checkpoints by TSA folks. Some of it is downright shameful.

[mass55th]

You must have either been asleep or on vacation these past two-plus weeks to finally get around to responding. You’re the one who said TSA people were just being “human” when they flirted, and joked around with flyers going through security. I explained that that type of behavior was totally unprofessional, and not part of their duties, or their paychecks.They are there to provide security, not to socialize. If I’m blinded to what goes on at TSA checkpoints, why did I criticize the behavior of that TSA worker? You’re the one that said that that type of behavior goes on all the time, and I pointed out why it shouldn’t. So please explain to me how I’m the one blinded?