Originally Posted by
TheGolfWidow
A woman who could be the OP's friend, daughter, granddaughter, etc. -- someone to whom she would undoubtedly not want this to happen.
Nonetheless, I totally understand why she accepted it. Caught off guard by it, and led by someone in uniform, wearing a badge and carrying a clipboard, it would be easy to think that one is dealing with a law enforcement officer carrying out her duties appropriately.
Oh for sure, no fair faulting the OP. But this is how it starts. Take the unsuspecting, be all "official" and "professional"
about it, and slowly establish a culture of normalcy around the whole thing.
But this is
not ok. At all.
And I'm wondering where all the TSA peeps are...perhaps they've PM'ed the OP to apologize for the accusations of lying...But it would be nice if they could come and answer the question as to whether this is a "soft launch" of a new SOP, just so the rest of us can make informed travel decisions...ahem...