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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 1:10 am
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Andy Big Bear
 
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Weird TSA Opt-Out Chatdown

Last week going through OKC, three-stripe: "I see you are very organized, have the butterfly bag and everything, have all the procedures down, very quick through the line. Let me ask you, do you opt-out?"

"Umm, no"
"Are you sure, because we have someone who looks like you who opts-out, I thought that was you."
"Umm, no, I think you have the wrong person."
"Well we appreciate that."

This week through OKC, one stripe: "So you're opting-out?"

"No, I'm not."
"Really, you're not opting-out."
"No, I think you have the wrong person, that's the second time in two weeks one of you guys have asked me that."
"Okay, I won't ask you again."

Anyone else encounter this chatdown? It struck me as a little odd, almost like they were trying to facilitate me through an opt-out procedure.

Is this strange or another part of TSA's program of randomness?
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