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Old Feb 25, 2012 | 7:20 pm
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mulieri
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Houston
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Originally Posted by dimramon
I have always opted out of the hand swaps. I don't know what's on those test strips, so therefor, they will not come in contact with my body.
I'm sure its much much cleaner than the airplane seat you might touch and your laptop computer. It's a silly thing to be worried about IMHO. The real concern should not be that they touch you with a test strip, it's really that they have no idea what it actually means when the screen turns red (hint: it doesn't actually mean explosives!), and that they think that the logical way to clear this situation is to grope you some more...
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