Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much

I had to make a quick trip to the west coast and found myself in the NOS/groping queue at Dulles. While I was waiting my turn at the ID checker desk, I looked to the line to my left when I heard a clerk say, "Say your first and last name!" I looked over to my left and saw a young mother with two young daughters. The *itch female clerk (in every sense of the word) sternly looked at each kid and issued the command noted above. One daughter had to answer three times before the clerk was satisfied. The female clerk then broke into a fake smile while looking at the mother and said, "Thank you. You are free to go." 20/20 hindsight says that I should hold on to my iPhone to the last minute in order to capture these moments. I'm more concerned about a clerk stealing it, so it's hidden long before I get to the checkpoint.

While I fully expect the TSA clerks to be always looking for the Big Catch, I was disappointed by the mother just standing there allowing this interrogation to take place.

Is it just me, or do you guys get really p$$sed by this?


Epilogue: I did get some measure of revenge. By the time I got to the NOS and was making my opt-out decision, I noticed that the female clerk who interrogated the kids was now at the entrance of the NOS. That sealed the deal and I decided to go through the NOS. She told me to place my feet on the yellow markers. I intentionally came up short in the spread. Once again, she told me to place my feet on the yellow markers. I told her, "I'm doing the best I can. I have some genital warts that are really oozing right now." She looked at me in shock as I exited the NOS. I looked at her and said, "Well, if you interrogate young children, I just assumed you needed to know exactly why I couldn't spread my legs." She didn't get it.