Originally Posted by
gsoltso
I greet everyone with innocuous phrases, "hello, how are you" or something along those lines. If the passenger responds in a similar fashion, and begins or seems receptive to small talk, I continue - if not, they go about their business. I can't speak for anyone else, but none of you are ever going to be forced to respond to personal chat for anything with me. If you do not wish to engage, that is entirely your right, and have a nice life. Of course, based upon stories here, YMMV.
Clerk West, did Stacey Armato have a right to present herself at the checkpoint and show the TSA clerks the rules regarding breast milk without being locked in a cage and ignored until she was forced to miss her flight? Did she have a right to present herself at the checkpoint on a later occasion without being harassed until the TSA employee assigned to shadow her identified herself and demanded that the checkpoint clerks do their jobs?
Did Roger Vanderklok have a right to pass through the checkpoint without having a TSA clerk file a false police report against him and then commit perjury at his trial?
Did the rights of these passengers protect them from abuse by TSA clerks? Were any of the TSA clerks who abused these passengers fired?