Originally Posted by
cbn42
Wow, I have NEVER heard of this happening anywhere. I thought it was TSA policy that once you are selected for a scan, you must either go through it or have a pat-down.
Can you give us more details on how this happened? Did they have to open up the WTMD for you, or was it already open?
It's happened to me once at DEN. It was early AM, probably 5:00 or so, and there was only one lane open at the checkpoint. It was running both MMW and WTMD, with a screener pointing people one way or another (I noticed some patterns in how she was distributing people, but won't open that can of worms here). She pointed me to the MMW, and I told her that I was opting out. She looked at me funny and said, "You're doing what?! Why?!"
I replied that I was not a criminal and I refused to be strip-searched like one. She rolled her eyes and said to go through the WTMD. I did, but she never called for a male assist, or paid any further attention to me at all. I stood around for a couple of minutes to see if anyone was coming, then grabbed my bags and went to my gate.