Originally Posted by hoth300

Last Friday at JFK T3 (the checkpoint without a NOS… the one thing I will miss when T3 gets demolished), the TDC asked me “where are you flying to?” I was in no mood for their stupid security theatre so I replied “it’s listed on my boarding pass.” He asked me again where I was flying to. I pointed to the boarding pass and said “right here.” He then said “so, you don’t want to answer?” and called for a supervisor. The LTSO came over and asked what was going on. I told him that the TDC seemed confused as to where I was going even though it was clearly listed on my boarding pass. The LTSO then went going on some long rant about how they are allowed to ask our destination and our name blah blah blah. At that point, I requested an STSO. He told me that I was not allowed to access that checkpoint and walked away. I waited there for a while, asking multiple TSOs to call for a STSO – NOT an LTSO. I eventually got the picture that they were ignoring me so I gave up and walked to another checkpoint, which unfortunately had the blue cancer boxes activated. I of course opted out and was about to get my grope when three STSOs approached me and asked if I was the guy causing a problem at another checkpoint. I said no (I think we may have disagreed on the definition of a “problem”). They called over to the other checkpoint and asked for a description and sure enough, I turned out to be the problem-maker. They then started lecturing me about how they’re allowed to ask where I was traveling to, my name, blah blah blah. I then ask if I can get my patdown and be on my way. One of the STSOs was about to give me a patdown when another asked for my boarding pass. I felt a bit trapped. If I refused to give them my boarding pass, would they let me out of the checkpoint in a timely manner as I had already begun the screening process? I really didn’t want to miss my flight as it was the last one of the day (normally I have no problem missing my flight if necessary). With great hesitation, I gave the woman my boarding pass, while praying that she didn’t also ask to see my ID (thankfully she didn’t). Once I was cleared, I collected my belongings and proceeded over to the STSOs who were now standing around doing nothing (i.e. their regular duties). I took out a pen and paper and jotted down their names from their nametags. One of them had a last name identical to a naturally occurring sweetener, to which I commented “Oh, so you’re sweet like _____, huh?” He responded with, “Sir, do you want to fly today?” I told him that he and his colleagues could go f*** themselves, that they were a complete joke, and to go to hell. He huffed and puffed and said “ok, I’m calling Port Authority.” I give him the finger and started walking to my gate and I board the plane without incident. I am still pissed that they got my boarding pass, but I have a pretty common name and the only piece of identifying info was my FF number.