Originally Posted by
PatrickHenry1775
Query: This past Friday, while transiting the checkpoint at DTW, the intrepid TSO selected me for MMW after I had passed through the WTMD without alarming it. I groused about removing my belt and wallet, but then successfully passed through the MMW while giving a Stone Cold salute (middle finger extended on each hand). Before going through the MMW, I had placed my boarding pass in a pocket of my cargo shorts.
The Captain America-wannabe TSO on the far side of the MMW said that he needed to pat down the left leg of my shorts. Now, Captain America did not get anywhere near private areas. But what was the purpose of this pat down? Surely the MMW could resolve the boarding pass in my pocket. If it could not, then why have passengers waste time going through such an expensive, useless contraption? Or was this pat down just an example of TSA passive agressive domination?
TSA delenda est.
I personally can't speak for what they were patting down because I was not there and did not have the communication on it. However, the most logical explanation I can find is that they had an anomoly of some sort to clear. Sadly, I can't comment intelligently on it because I was not there.