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Old Feb 25, 2013 | 5:25 pm
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Originally Posted by jsl630
Anyone notice that the TSA workers have been extraordinarily slow recently? I thought it was just the crew I had to deal with in SLC who took about 30 sec - 1 full minute for each boarding pass they checked and the Xray techs seemed extraordinarily meticulous (had to wait about 5 min for my bags to come through the machine. But then I ran into several other people in PHX and ORD who had the same issue.

Is this some sort of sequestration solidarity moment?
Yep, they're just practicing making the lines longer in anticipation of March 1, when they can complain the sky is falling.
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