Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
Ahh, but there's the problem. The rule against "interfering with the screening process" is awfully vague. We've seen it used to attack passengers who did nothing more than standing around passively observing the checkpoint. I can easily imagine a scenario in which a bad TSO "orders" a passenger into a particular screening lane, the passenger chooses a different lane, and the TSO takes that disobedience as "interfering with the screening process" and escalates the situation into a full-blown conflict.
Then it could have gotten interesting. We had a good two hours before the flight and I would have been happy to call a supervisor.
For the most part, it just isn't worth it to me to cause a scene. I'm polite to the screeners and they're generally polite to me. But I'll also stand up for myself. That's why I was so annoyed that the bully was getting so red in the face. If you've seen the Harry Potter movies, he reminds me of the guy who played Vernon Dursley.
Mike