Originally Posted by
wirelessmiss
It's a far more respective system than a lot of the South Asian security lines, in which you are whisked far away from your belongings into the female-only groping and wanding tent, where they play with your hair and ask all sorts of relevant terrorist questions such as 'You are skinny, are you an athlete?', or 'When is your birthday? I see.. do you have children yet?', or ask you to explain your choice of jewelry. The standards for what is 'ok' in that room are so off the charts different that just remembering my experiences there makes my eyes open wider and jaw drop open in speechlessness...
This is nowhere near any of my experiences in a large number of airports in south Asia over the years.
And certainly I would never tell anyone that TSA is a better experience than 'rest of world'.
Although I may not like the inconvenience of TSA protocols, I find it works much better to smile, cooperate and say as little as possible.
'Shut up and take it'?
