Originally Posted by Decomposing Screener
So what would you suggest then for us who bring our own lunch? Eat at the food court anyway? The resturants will love people who aren't buying their food taking up their seats. I sure as heck don't want to pay the airport prices for my lunch everyday either.
Go to the TSA break room? Only trouble is it's outside the checkpoint and almost always full. With only a 30 minute lunch that doesn't leave you a lot of time to eat and get back on time. Security checkpoints often have a break closet for employees to eat in but since mine is being remodeled we haven't had one for awhile.
So that leaves us with sitting in metal chairs with ripped cushions because it's the best choice available. By the way those chairs we eat in do belong to the TSA, we use them for the morning meetings. But often times passengers do politely ask if they can sit there for a few minutes and we always say it's okay. Of course things like that are never mentioned.
So what would you suggest then for us who bring our own lunch? Eat at the food court anyway?
I am a brown bagger too..and yep until the remodeling is complete and since your breakroom is in BFE I think the food court is where I think you should go. I don't know which airport you are at but in ATL you see tons of TSA brown baggers there..and as a single traveler most of the time...that is usually who I sit with to eat! I really think eating in the security area is a horrible impression. Case in point...do you see how long you have to defend your job for those slackers you do work with while you are doing your job? Why give FFers more of that bad impression?
And I know you had a
for this but I think the point in my other post about giving credit where credit is do has been missed or (and no offense) you might have a chip on your shoulder for having to defend yourself all the time. I might be a rare breed for you to deal with...I am actually one of those people that write letters about GOOD workers along with the BAD BAD BAD workers!