Join Date: Jul 2008
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8/12 SNA the checkpoint by the Delta gates.
6 people ahead of me, including a family. The gate to the WTMD was opened for the family, then closed. Everyone else was directed to the nude-o-scope. I put my stuff on the belt, but did not allow them to go through until it was my time in the "fish barrel". I said right away that I choose to opt out. No fuss made, a call for the "female assist" made in a normal voice, not yelled or barked. Asked to step through a gate to the other side. A female TSO came up to me quickly. She asked me to point out my belongings and she said she would gather them and take them with us. We walked over to their frisking area. She set my bags on a table next to where we would be doing the frisk. I was able to see my belongings the entire procedure - they were maybe a foot away. I was using my cane, so she offered me a seat while she was getting ready. She told me she was changing gloves and I did see her go get them from the box and she changed them in front of me. She did the spiel of what she was going to do. She actually had a very light touch, probably the lightest I've ever had in all my opt-outs. She went nowhere near my "resistance" (yes, she said that word), probably only halfway up my thighs. No rustling of my hair, and she allowed me to put my arms down as much as I needed (another rotator cuff victim). She took the gloves to the machine for checking and I was on my way. They did no checking of my bags.
For an opt-out and grope, all things considered, as much as I hate having to go through that process, it was tolerable and no theatrics from the TSOs. It would have been better there was a SDOO option, but with the WTMD only offered to families...