Requirement for speaking your name?
Mar 4, 2015, 6:48 am
#1186
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A) Hot Shots! Part Deux was an awesome movie.
B) Got the name game at pre-check at JFK today, terminal D. Seriously? I thought we were done with this crap.
Added bonus: pre-check line had 15-20 people in it but they were still sending non-pre-check customers through. Then, the TSO by the WTMD started complaining that customers didn't know the procedures and were holding up the lines.
Mike
B) Got the name game at pre-check at JFK today, terminal D. Seriously? I thought we were done with this crap.
Added bonus: pre-check line had 15-20 people in it but they were still sending non-pre-check customers through. Then, the TSO by the WTMD started complaining that customers didn't know the procedures and were holding up the lines.
Mike
Mar 4, 2015, 8:37 am
#1187
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A) Hot Shots! Part Deux was an awesome movie.
B) Got the name game at pre-check at JFK today, terminal D. Seriously? I thought we were done with this crap.
Added bonus: pre-check line had 15-20 people in it but they were still sending non-pre-check customers through. Then, the TSO by the WTMD started complaining that customers didn't know the procedures and were holding up the lines.
Mike
B) Got the name game at pre-check at JFK today, terminal D. Seriously? I thought we were done with this crap.
Added bonus: pre-check line had 15-20 people in it but they were still sending non-pre-check customers through. Then, the TSO by the WTMD started complaining that customers didn't know the procedures and were holding up the lines.
Mike
Mar 4, 2015, 12:04 pm
#1188
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A) Hot Shots! Part Deux was an awesome movie.
B) Got the name game at pre-check at JFK today, terminal D. Seriously? I thought we were done with this crap.
Added bonus: pre-check line had 15-20 people in it but they were still sending non-pre-check customers through. Then, the TSO by the WTMD started complaining that customers didn't know the procedures and were holding up the lines.
Mike
B) Got the name game at pre-check at JFK today, terminal D. Seriously? I thought we were done with this crap.
Added bonus: pre-check line had 15-20 people in it but they were still sending non-pre-check customers through. Then, the TSO by the WTMD started complaining that customers didn't know the procedures and were holding up the lines.
Mike
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/23439494-post220.html
Mar 4, 2015, 12:19 pm
#1189
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Last week while flying out of Sacramento, the ID checker would not hand my ticket and ID back until I responded to his "Are you having a good day?" question. He asked three times before I sighed and said I was having a day.
That is some power trip he is on! Wish I hadn't been traveling for work. I just might have stood my ground and refused to answer.
That is some power trip he is on! Wish I hadn't been traveling for work. I just might have stood my ground and refused to answer.
Mar 4, 2015, 12:57 pm
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I noticed the same antics at SMF a couple months ago. I forgot what the clerk was asking, but I just shrugged my shoulders and got into a staring contest until my ID was handed back. They really wanted some kind of response but it wasn't going to happen.
Mar 4, 2015, 3:18 pm
#1191
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It's been awhile since our TSA friend has posted here. It's entirely possible that the rules have changed since the last time he posted and asking you to say your name or declare your citizenship or answer some other random question (are you happy today?) is now part of the process.
FWIW, I really dislike those questions. If I'm having a bad day, I still feel like I have to lie and answer in the affirmative and try to make a smile. I'm afraid if I don't I might be subject to retaliation.
For those eligible for Pre, it can lead to a suspension of privileges for being 'confrontational' with a TSO.
FWIW, I really dislike those questions. If I'm having a bad day, I still feel like I have to lie and answer in the affirmative and try to make a smile. I'm afraid if I don't I might be subject to retaliation.
For those eligible for Pre, it can lead to a suspension of privileges for being 'confrontational' with a TSO.
Mar 4, 2015, 9:54 pm
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S'pose Ross would be true to his word and follow-through on a complaint from you?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/23439494-post220.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/23439494-post220.html
Mike
Mar 5, 2015, 2:12 am
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A) Hot Shots! Part Deux was an awesome movie.
B) Got the name game at pre-check at JFK today, terminal D. Seriously? I thought we were done with this crap.
Added bonus: pre-check line had 15-20 people in it but they were still sending non-pre-check customers through. Then, the TSO by the WTMD started complaining that customers didn't know the procedures and were holding up the lines.
Mike
B) Got the name game at pre-check at JFK today, terminal D. Seriously? I thought we were done with this crap.
Added bonus: pre-check line had 15-20 people in it but they were still sending non-pre-check customers through. Then, the TSO by the WTMD started complaining that customers didn't know the procedures and were holding up the lines.
Mike
Mar 5, 2015, 5:04 am
#1194
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Mar 5, 2015, 3:01 pm
#1196
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E very time I get asked that I say that in my "swedish" way. Nobody gets that and asks me to say it in an american way???
I thought the purpose of this was to say you name in your language ?!
If you dont dont that is fraud. A nd that is what "they" want to catch.
You just cant please everybody. SIGH.
I thought the purpose of this was to say you name in your language ?!
If you dont dont that is fraud. A nd that is what "they" want to catch.
You just cant please everybody. SIGH.
Mar 6, 2015, 3:21 am
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E very time I get asked that I say that in my "swedish" way. Nobody gets that and asks me to say it in an american way???
I thought the purpose of this was to say you name in your language ?!
If you dont dont that is fraud. A nd that is what "they" want to catch.
You just cant please everybody. SIGH.
I thought the purpose of this was to say you name in your language ?!
If you dont dont that is fraud. A nd that is what "they" want to catch.
You just cant please everybody. SIGH.