<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by LexPassenger:
No kidding?
What I have found the TSA robots respond most strongly to is any indication that you have enough intelligence to know what a farce their behavior is. God forbid they should face a real terrorist; they're more involved in telling actual travelers to lick their behinds.
My wife was almost denied boarding in Seattle for having a "bad attitude" (she didn't say anything particularly cutting, just didn't want to go along with the super-cheerful isn't-this-all-peachy attitude of the TSA agent -- she did have a "bad attitude", I would say -- last time I checked, that was not against the law).</font>
It's not against the law to be a jerk to a screener but it's just going to add needless stress to
your travels. Plus it tends to bring out the point-nazis who enjoy screwing with passengers. If a screener is treating you with courtesy you should respond in kind.