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Old Feb 4, 2011 | 6:05 am
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Originally Posted by t325
Also, what's the deal with bulky clothing and patdowns? When I left STL, I was wearing a Blues jersey (which I guess can be considered bulky), and the TSA had no problem with it. No patdown, no nudeoscope, nothing. I wore it again when flying back, and the PHL TSA gave me a patdown from the waist up (didn't even offer the nude-o-scope, which I would've oped out of anyways) because they said the jersey was bulky. Just another inconsistent TSA policy or some of that infamous Philly hospitality given to fans of opposing teams?
While there are no doubt a lot more Flyer fans now than there were a year ago, and fans in Philly have that reputation, I really do suspect it is just some more of that wonderful "randomness" in the TSA process.
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