Originally Posted by dctorres
1/ Having to be frisked criminal-style with hand on the table
I would refuse. Unless they can show me a PRINTED, VISIBLE POLICY showing why I am to be treated like a criminal, I REFUSE to accept such treatment. If it means I don't fly, then fine. I will not accept being treated like a criminal, period.
Originally Posted by dctorres
2/ Having the agent go through each and every piece of plastic (credit and memberships) and analyze them
I would not let this happen. I trust TSA agents about as much as I'd trust a group of convicted burglars to guard a million dollars in small, unmarked, untracable currency. There have been too many incidents of people in white shirts stealing for me to even think of them as being credible or trustworthy. There's the definite possibility that a credit card may be stolen from you, or at least the credit card number may be stolen.
Besides, trust is a two way street. If they don't trust me, then I don't trust them.
Originally Posted by dctorres
3/ Count my cash (which I could understand if I had a huge wad of bills -- I had a $20 and $10 note on me)
Again, none of their business. Even if I were carrying an illegal amount of cash on me while I was headed out of the country, it's still none of their business. The TSA folks are not law enforcement (I think this was covered in a thread yesterday). Because they are not law enforcement people, they have no business acting like such.
I would trust the TSA with my cash even less than I would trust the TSA with my credit cards.
Originally Posted by dctorres
4/ Once finished with the first round of searches, re-did a 2nd and 3rd time for accuracy
I would refuse the 2nd and 3rd round of searches unless they told me specifically what they were looking for. No specifics = no 2nd or 3rd round of unnecessary harassment. After the first time through they should have to make a decision right then and there-- either you're a terrorist or you aren't.
[QUOTE=dctorres]5/ AND THE ABSOLUTE WORST: The TSA screener put my wallet on the table behind me, out of my view with my back to it and kept telling me to stop looking around (as I didn't want to leave it out of my view).[//quote]
I'd rather rudely tell him that I'll look where I want to. And I'd tell him why I was looking there-- I don't trust him or his fellow employees with a single item of mine. These people need to be told EXACTLY what their place is and EXACTLY how unnecessary their secondary harassment of passengers is whenever the opportunity arises.