Originally Posted by
goalie
And risk goalie-mom's all reaching and all powerful backhand slap upside my head for not being polite? I learned to fear that many moons ago
I'll bet goalie-mom could always tell when you were lying. RadioMom could (okay, she couldn't tell when
you were lying, but she could tell when I was lying). Maybe they should hire mothers of teenagers as BDOs. @:-) OTOH, they wouldn't last long listening to the lies coming from HQ.
Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
If chatting up the BDO means that you'd get a chance to skip the AIT/WTMD/X-ray, might that change your willingness to participate in the process?
Sure, and if chatting up the BDO means that there would be a cure for cancer, or lasting peace in the world, or that TSA would buy me a pony
it would change my willingness to participate in the program. too. And those outcomes are as likely as allowing the passenger to bypass their shiny, silly toys.
You can keep your shoes on and your laptop in your bag, while they're doing the NoS and/or patdown. That's the sort of tradeoff JP offered recently. Big deal.
