and the one WITHOUT is the shortest line. Amazing. I was at Denver the other day, and on the UA side of the airport security, they were directing everyone to the longer 3 lines (I think it was three) that had the nude-a-scopes, while one line in the middle had none at all. Actually, I think of the two lines on my left, only one line was going exclusively to the N-A-S, the other line basically bumped into it on their way down the belt after the metal detector.

So, I bang a small right from the 1st-class ID check and get in the shorter line with no N-A-S. Several sheeple who had been in front of me in line for ID check look at me like I was violating some unspoken law that "thy must remain in yonder queue of which the smurfs command" or something.

So, my question is - why did there seem to be a lemming-esqe need for the patrons of DEN to 1) go to the longer lines instead of the shorter one where 2) they had the 30-second nude-a-scope constitutional violation willingly perpetrated on them?

Before I saw the line in the middle, I was prepped for my very first encounter with a N-A-S and had my "I option out" ready to roll, as well as a very nice fart ready for release at the patdown. Alas, as I encountered zero issues in the "Olde Style" line, social conventions compelled me to hold it until I reached the west Red Carpet Club, where I used it on the as-usual anal stupidity of the Denver UA operations crew who insist on checking photo IDs and RCC cards as well as a boarding pass when every other UA station with an RCC accepts just your TSA-signed BP and happily lets you by.