Originally Posted by
T-the-B
I agree. The TSA employee was typical in that he was unaware of his own agency's rules. Like most TSA employees he didn't really know what he was doing. He was, however, exceptional in that he was willing to be educated. That puts him ahead of 90% of his co-workers in my book.
I consider him exceptional in being able to cover his own ignorance quickly - note the section in which he immediately finds the only possible applicable rule: "No photographing the screens" and claims that it applies to the entire checkpoint.
When confronted with the simple fact that he's *wrong* he doesn't immediately admit it. He simply adjusts his argument so that he appears to be less of a moron than he really is.