Originally Posted by
Andy Big Bear
I've speculated the same, but I've been through OKC 42 different times now and this only started about three weeks ago. I would think it would be the opposite, them asking my hypothetical doppleganger why he suddenly started opting out.
Who knows, I have a fairly good rapport with the TSA at every other airport I fly through, I usually recognize and talk with them about the weather and all, but OKC seems to have an inordinate amount of turnover. Just in general, OKC is weird, such as the time an agent asked casually "you fly through here a lot don't you" and a three-stripe pulled her aside, in front of me, and started yelling at her "don't act friendly in front of the passengers!". I mean, wow, what's that about?
One does not necessarily preclude the other, there
may be some doppelganger passing through that is wondering why they asked him why he started opting out all of a sudden!
I have no idea, I have always encouraged the TSOs I work with to be friendly, or at the least courteous and always professional, what you mention here sounds wierd to me as well...
Originally Posted by
halls120
This doesn't explain why the clerk was asking him if he opts out.
If he thought it was someone that opts out regularly, it could have been that the TSO was trying to get a jump on the opt out (since it can take some time to get an available TSO for a patdown - at least it can from time to time). It could have been that he was trying to do the passenger a solid. Or he could have simply been interested in whether they were opting out or not. There is really no telling why the question was asked without input from the actual TSO.
