Now that summer is upon us, and there are many people who are taking a little longer than usual to disrobe and organize their stuff on the conveyor belt, I have begun my annual cut to the front of the line fest (TM), which generally lasts May 25 through mid to late August at domestic checkpoints.

I am always polite about it. I ask the person at the front of the line if it is OK with them. I never cut the line if I have anything more than a checkpoint friendly computer bag, or if the people in front of me don't have to negotiate kids, strollers, multiple family members, are having trouble getting their stuff together, etc.

Funny thing is, although I have not annoyed any [many] fellow passengers using this approach, the TSO's at the metal detector nearly always have something snide to say like, "you can't cut in line", or, "Sir, we have lines for a reason". Today, when I told an irate TSO at DFW that I was merely helping to expedite the flow of people through his checkpoint, he threatened me with secondary screening, but did not follow through, presumably when he saw how quick I was.

Just wondering if anyone else has a similar approach. I'm guessing not, but we'll see