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2) By brutal do you mean annoying etc or that they ran their hand up your leg and made contact with your genitals? I made a production of my recent opt out heading to the US at YUL. If they had the ability to offer a more enhanced version of the pat-down they would have.
I had the "full breast-cupping" experience ... both hands, full cupping. .. ...??? It caught me so off-guard I was shocked speechless. You've got to know me pretty well to get away with that! First thing I did in the lounge was google full body scanners ... ergo, FT.
My next two trips were business (so not cancelled) and ended up being "reasonable" (I always opt-out) ... what makes me nervous is my trip in Dec with my two teenagers - not so much the experience at YYZ, but the return flight coming out of the US.
This year I've had both extremes at YYZ US departures - full-on-grope once, professional three times. In those instances it was clear they were trying to just get through it themselves - full body groping isn't easily bought into in the Canadian workplace
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