Originally Posted by Decomposing Screener
Yes it is.
TSA screeners come from a wide variety of backgrounds and a common discussion on break is what you did before you starting working for the TSA. More than a few eyebrows rose when I joined those discussions especially when I mentioned that the smell of decomposing flesh really lingers on you even after you leave for the day. It was a great way to get through the line at the bank quickly. Might work at the airport as well if someone would care to try.
Certain smells you never forget.
Decomposing flesh and Burning flesh.
If you wanted to know what it smelt like at the WTC for months after just mixed them together and add a fine dust of who knows what.