[Girlene]

I would expect that they would change gloves for each and every person!

Not happening. Imagine how many gloves they would go through and all the irritation it would be for the TSA worker? hmmmmmmm.

When you think about how many people TSA folks are exposed to (and thus the traveler), the number of times they will touch skin (depending on the type of clothing the inspected passenger is wearing), and whether that TSA worker is sick or wiped their nose just before an inspection......I mean, really, this is gross.

[butterdezillion]

I wonder if they’ve been mixing bird flu and swine flu samples lately - got any particularly contagious mixes ready for dissemination.

Seriously, are they going to do this kind of inspection on people who fly with masks because they are afraid of catching swine flu?

There are so many really malevolent reasons someone could want to do these searches and the reason given (security) is not even accurate. With the extreme stuff this administration has been willing to CRAM DOWN OUR THROATS there is a reason we don’t trust them. At this point they are mocking us, fiddling with our stuff to see if we’ll sock them in the mouth. Whether we are capable of socking them in the mouth.

If they found out we’re incapable then all bets are off as to what they will do next.