Originally Posted by
spotnik
Actually, TSORon, the explanation is quite simple. The majority of travelers who transit the checkpoint on any given day are either first-time air passengers or have not flown in many years.
Unfortunately that explanation is in error. The travelers I deal with are of all types. Some travel 1 time a year, some 1 time every 5 years, and some 3 times a week. They all forget a cell phone occasionally, keys, belt buckle, etc. The experienced traveled is just as apt to do this as the novice.
The travelers you see on a daily basis typically interact with air travel rules a few hours a year or less. Many probably have not interacted with air travel rules in 10, 20, or more years. If you can't tolerate repeating the same information, day in, day out, for these people because it is new to them, perhaps you chose the wrong line of work.
The problem I have is that the very next 4 people in line will make the exact same mistake that the first one did. They don’t pay attention, and then get upset with the TSO because they are also being pulled aside or delayed.
We could have signs putting out 3000 watts of visual energy and loudspeakers screaming at 150 decibels and people are still going to ignore it all. And then tell us that no one told them! Explain that if you can.
Also, the job of the screening checkpoint is to keep dangerous things off airplanes.
Sorry, not correct. That is only one aspect of the job of those on the screening checkpoint.
It is possible to do the job correctly and still respect citizens' rights and the US Constitution.
The actual constitution, or the unfounded concepts that those here believe to be their rights? There IS a significant difference.
Of course, I am beginning to suspect that one of my brethren TSAer's may have used the ignore button on me. *sigh*
So, you also are a TSO? THAT concerns me more than usual. If this is so then you have seen the very same things I have seen, experienced the same one after the other passenger who just cant get it together. They are indeed the exception to the rule, but you would have to admit that it is a very common exception.