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Old Jan 15, 2019 | 4:20 pm
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Originally Posted by joe_miami
Sorry, not playing this stupid game. It's like asking for proof that 2 and 2 is 4.
Not a game. You made an assertion that many of us disbelieve - that working without pay during a shutdown is an explicit part of a TSO's job description.

Granted, it's common knowledge. Only an idiot would take a screener's job at TSA and not expect to be expected to work without pay during a government shutdown. And statistically speaking, there are bound to be some idiots among the TSA's workforce, and some geniuses, and some folks within spitting distance of average, just as there are in any workforce at any government agency or private company in the world.

However, whether this particular bit of common knowledge is explicitly (as you asserted) stated in a TSO's employment contract is something else entirely. You want to make that assertion, back it up with either documentation or witness statements, such as an interview with a TSO who says, "Yeah, it was in the contract, so I knew I'd have to work without pay, but it still sucks." Then your assertion will be accepted.

Until then, as the saying goes, "Pics or it didn't happen."
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