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Old Feb 13, 2011, 11:28 pm
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FaustsAccountant
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Regarding the "DY...to fly?"
Originally Posted by gsoltso


I HATE that phrase more than you could ever imagine. It is nothing but a phrase that escalates a minor miscommunication into a full blown crap sandwich. If I were Administrator, the first rule I would make would be to ban that from being used in any checkpoint (or anywhere TSA is working) under penalty of being fired immediately. If passengers are simply talking or even (gasp) joking around with us, there is no reason to get worked up. Sadly, that does not seem to be a consensus.
Thank you. The connotative threat in using that phrase does not help anyone's credibility or back up any authoritative air, rather it needlessly escalates and taunts.
And thank you for not using that phrase yourself.

Edit: forgot some punctuation.
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