Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much
Mats -- Several times I wore shorts and non-metal sandals the summer expecting to get sent to secondary as punishment for not taking off my sandals. When my bare legs were wanded, I said to the screener (not yelling, but loud enough that other passengers and screeners could hear me), "Do you realize how stupid you look wanding bare skin?" I rarely got a response but I noticed lots of red faces of screeners. If I got the "I'm just doing my job" response, my reply was something like, "Is that what you look in the mirror and say to yourself every morning before you come to work?" Try this type of dialogue next time. A little bit of psychological warfare at the screener level never hurts.
Regarding your second paragraph, please write to your airline and explain to them that the hassle of SSSS cost them at least one ticket's worth of revenue.
As someone who has decided to forego flying until the pat down searches are stopped, I, too, urge you to contact your airline and tell them why you are not flying. The pocketbook nerve is very sensitive. Yes, I still need to travel and my future car or train trips will take several days as opposed to several hours, but at least I will arrive at my destination unmolested.