Originally Posted by Delta Dawn
Hi. I'm new here, but I have been following your forums for a while now. So take it easy on me!
Okay.
How do you expect someone to take your argument seriously when you generalize like this? Your comment is just as rude as the comment made by "TakeScissorsAway." The only difference is that I think Take Scissors.... was just joking.
Because it happens all the time. I've had several pairs of rounded tip scissors confiscated. I don't think you've ever had to make the choice between checking baggage and trimming your beard on a trip, Dawn. Maybe you have.
It seems to me as if somebody made a mistake by taking the round scissors.
No, there is no mistake. They are supposed to be allowed.
It also seems to me that people like to exaggerate around here, so it's quite possible that the event never happened.
The little girl was my niece. Is there anything else you want to say?
I have encountered some great screeners and some rude screeners. I have encountered some great passengers as well as some rude ones. Why generalize? Make your comment about a specific person and not an entire group and you will all get along much better.
Because the "good" screeners don't make the agency better. The agency itself is flawed and people who work there are complicit in perpetuating the flaws. I don't know how a person with a conscience can work for the TSA. They have to believe that they really are supplying security and that the level of security they supply is worth the incredible cost, inconvenience, and indignity involved. Could it be worth it? Do a search on this forum for any number of ways that people could smuggle a weapon on board an aircraft or fashion one in ways that are currently not checked for by the TSA. Instead of tackling those, or admitting what can not be done, they make little girls cry and distrust their government. I honestly don't know whether that is good or bad.