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Old May 26, 2012 | 1:34 pm
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cynicAAl
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Originally Posted by Chrisinhouston
So this time I printed 2 BPs and at the podium I showed my first BP with my passport and he made the usual nonsense scribble and sent me on. I put my passport and marked up BP in my computer bag and prepared everything to go down the conveyor belt. The moat dragon was still barking orders and when she pointed me towards the cancer box I pointed to the WTMD and she asked, "So do you want to Opt out?" And I replied, "yes."

She called for a male assist and pointed to the WTMD and as I passed through an older 1 striper asked to see my BP so I showed him the other one I had printed. He studied it carefully and looked on both sides, not being able to see the scribbled notations. He looked at me puzzled and asked, "Didn't someone write on this BP?" I looked at it and said, "No, doesn't look marked on to me

Now he is really puzzled and asks me if I did indeed pass by the TSA guy at the podium and I said "Oh sure, just a minute ago." "Didn't he write in your boarding pass?"

"Oh, yes he did and I put it away with my passport, it is in my bag over there! Why do you need it?"

"Well, it's my job to see it and sign off on it that it is all correctly marked off," he explained.
funny. reminds me of my Costco experience where I marked my own receipt with a highlighter before I reached the receipt checkers at the exit (whose job it is to mark receipts with a highlighter).

What I learned is that it's really easy to confuse people who have a low IQ.
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