Originally Posted by
bajajoes
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When people opt out they are free to use any or no explanation but I feel that if I say I had juvenile arthritis, or arthritis, or a rotator cuff injury and could not lift or keep my arm(s) overhead it might generate sympathy rather than creating an agressive, possibly confrontational attitude with them(tsa).
Are you speaking from personal experience? Most of the time I don't feel the need to share, but when I have the only sympathy I recall (and I don't want sympathy) was outside the US.
There appears to be a number of female TSOs who have a sadistic streak and offering up areas of pain seems to offer them an oppportunity.