Unfortunately, even in a society wherein a screener has a modicum of intelligence, that must yield to the imperative of legalistics. The umbrella of legalism unfortunately is skewed in the direction of TSA and airlines. You can be SSS'ed by g/a who is pissy, and the g/a can feed the SSS onto the BP very easily, using over 100 parameters as justification, several of which he/she should be able to scurry under nicely should the thunder of litigation ever dare roll toward him from the direction of rationality in the cattle chutes.

If SSSS is such a no-brainer, why on earth does everyone in TSA bend over backwards to enforce it? 'World Class Service' mantra again? Or the 'dignity and respect' pledge of TSA which we are supposed to swallow whole, since in a real and honorable world, SSS is supposed to be random? Let's see how many screeners jump on the 'governmental inertia' aspect of such arcanity.


"Damned if I do and damned if I don't" would be another screener/G/A response.

Damned right.

Need help figuring that one out? When will the minions complain to the boss enough times to give him a proverbial slap in the back of the head to wake him up?

Secondary for this poster? Never again. How 'bout you? Okay with it? Floors sticky enough to turn you away yet? Been yelled at by enough idiots whose wages you pay yet?

Once was more than enough for me.