TSO "rubbing" my back!
Sep 30, 2010, 8:39 pm
#32
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But if a TSA employee commits assault, it really is up to the passenger how to respond. If the TSA employee doesn't lose his/her job, then said employee should consider him/herself extremely lucky, beat-down or not.
There are some things one just doesn't do and assault (groping someone with no warning or consent) is one of them.
Sep 30, 2010, 9:11 pm
#33
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"Oh sorry, you snuck up on me. I thought you were a thief trying to steal my wallet or something"
Yeah I dont believe it for a second either.
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Sep 30, 2010, 9:29 pm
#34
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Nothing against passengers at all. I just think some of the posturing that goes on is ridiculous. Threatening physical violence and dropping F-bombs gets people nowhere quickly. I think a lot of what TSA does is ridiculous and a waste of time, I'm right there with you all. I just think people need to pick and choose their battles carefully.
And no, a nude-o-scope is not an option.
Sep 30, 2010, 11:04 pm
#35
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Nothing against passengers at all. I just think some of the posturing that goes on is ridiculous. Threatening physical violence and dropping F-bombs gets people nowhere quickly. I think a lot of what TSA does is ridiculous and a waste of time, I'm right there with you all. I just think people need to pick and choose their battles carefully.
As someone said in another thread, they wouldn't let their spouse do that in public, so why is it okay for the TSA to do that?
Sep 30, 2010, 11:09 pm
#36
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Nothing against passengers at all. I just think some of the posturing that goes on is ridiculous. Threatening physical violence and dropping F-bombs gets people nowhere quickly. I think a lot of what TSA does is ridiculous and a waste of time, I'm right there with you all. I just think people need to pick and choose their battles carefully.
Sep 30, 2010, 11:18 pm
#37
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Question - do these new random back rubs go along the same lines as pat-downs, as in female TSO's can only touch female pax and male TSO's male pax? If that's the case, I will just try to get in the line that has an opposite sex screener waiting at the end of the belt.
Otherwise, my first gut reaction of someone grabbing my shoulders/back, would be a swift backward jab of the elbow, before I whirled around to see who in the hell was touching me. And I'm pretty short, so depending on the height of the screener, they would either get an elbow to the abdomen or to their groin.
Otherwise, my first gut reaction of someone grabbing my shoulders/back, would be a swift backward jab of the elbow, before I whirled around to see who in the hell was touching me. And I'm pretty short, so depending on the height of the screener, they would either get an elbow to the abdomen or to their groin.
Sep 30, 2010, 11:20 pm
#38
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Plus 5 yrs of mixed martial arts training doesn't hurt when it comes to defending ones self from being assaulted or a blind side attack. That and a CHL doesn't hurt either when applicable.
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Oct 1, 2010, 12:12 am
#40
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Devo - Through Being Cool
We’re through being cool
Eliminate the ninnies and the twits
Going to bang some heads
Going to beat some butts
Time to show those evil spuds what’s what
If you live in a small town
You might meet a dozen or two
Young alien types who step out
And dare to declare
Spank the pank who try to drive you nuts
Time to clean some house
Be a man or a mouse
Waste those who make it tuff to get around
If you live in a big place
Many factions underground
Chase down mister hinky dink
So no trace can be found
Put the tape on erase
Rearrange a face
We always liked picasso anyway
Mash ’em
Eliminate the ninnies and the twits
Going to bang some heads
Going to beat some butts
Time to show those evil spuds what’s what
If you live in a small town
You might meet a dozen or two
Young alien types who step out
And dare to declare
Spank the pank who try to drive you nuts
Time to clean some house
Be a man or a mouse
Waste those who make it tuff to get around
If you live in a big place
Many factions underground
Chase down mister hinky dink
So no trace can be found
Put the tape on erase
Rearrange a face
We always liked picasso anyway
Mash ’em
Oct 1, 2010, 6:50 am
#41
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i would imagine anyone who's survived assault of any kind would not react well to this either.
Oct 1, 2010, 7:09 am
#42
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That does not equal asking permission.
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Oct 1, 2010, 8:01 am
#43
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Yeah, and my battle is against anyone who thinks it is a good idea to touch or grope me without my consent. As a survivor of sexual assault, I react HARSHLY to sneak attacks. If you don't believe me, walk up behind me and try to rub my back. It would probably be best to call an ambulance before you attempt it.
There is not time to think just reaction.
My fiance reacts even worse. He has also been had e few bad thins happening to him.
In the begining of our realtionship he had not told me anything.
So when day I did (stupid me) I came behind and just hugged him from behind. He had not heard me and I almost got floored.
And he knew that I was in the same room.
So it is a normal reaction if you defend your self.
Oct 1, 2010, 10:14 am
#45
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The last two times I have been through IAH I received a "quick" patdown from the waist down after passing without alarm through the WTMD. My wife was not in either instance since the WTMD TSO both times was male. Each time I asked for new gloves, which permitted other pax to proceed through the WTMD and not receive the patdown. Also noticed that while airport employees walked through the WTMD, none were subject to the patdown.