Due to a young-adulthood that occasionally included spectacular motorcycle crashes and some resulting surgery, I am unable to fully comply with with the TSA's requests to "Lift your feet/arms up higher!" irregardless of how loud they yell at me during the wanding.

Perhaps I've already put the inspector in a bad frame of mind by the time we get to the pat down because the inevitable "Don't look at me!!! Look straight ahead!!" seems to make the veins in their foreheads bulge when I don't heed their advice.

I'm sorry but I WILL closely watch everything the groper does despite repeated (and usually loud) warnings not to. There's obviously no penalty for ignoring the request because I always do. I've seen them red faced and spitting because of this.

This scenario is usually accompanied by the "Can you put your palms up?!!" vein bulge which is an added bonus for me.

What's up with the 'Don't look at me' rule? Is there any real reason for this?