Originally Posted by
harpodamann
should be Arrested !! By your own words you said "They bribed the TSA" ! They are the problem by offering according to you a "Bribe" ! Others have called it a tip, which I agree that it is.. So I'll tip (no, not your friends) & your friends can wait for their cavity search.
Tips, bribes ...alll are the same. I know a TSA officer who regurlarly 'takes care of me' because he used to work in security where I work. Coming from Europe, this tipping 'culture amazes me' - by and large it constitutes a bribe as lack of tipping would generally otherwise result in a poorer service so one is bribing to get better.