Originally Posted by
chollie
Let's see.
It's shift change and they are all just standing around waiting to start their shifts. It's part of their training. It's a staff pep talk. They're on break and can't think of anywhere they'd rather take a break than standing at the checkpoint, distracting their co-workers.
This is how [MENTION=334464]ASK[/MENTION]TSA explains screeners standing around:
: “Officers may be on break, training, in the middle of a shift change/briefing, or on any number of security assignments.” Or gossiping, or texting or checking their FB accounts.
BTW, here's TSA's newest response to questions about screeners standing around: