Originally Posted by
NoMiddleSeat
I'm currently in CLT and on the landside away from the counters they have a table set up and 3 TSA screeners randomly asking people if they can check your ID and contents of your bag...I take it these are new "enhancements" to the security mission?
I had a similar experience in December 2010 and January 2011 at TPA where TSA were roaming in pairs through the "aisles" of benches questioning waiting passengers "randomly".
One stopped tow to toe in front of me as I began eating my chicken salad-in-a-box lunch and asked where I was going. Maybe he saw me looking their way, and decided that was suspicious. I thought for a second he was going to confiscate my lunch. Anyway when they made the next rounds, I made a point of keeping my eyes to the floor.
Kinda felt like a time I travelled through the old soviet block countries though, not good...