Running late for a flight on AA tonight...no line at the AA FC counter=good sign...no line at security to the AA gates=bad sign. Of course I'm selected for "random screening"....blaw, blaw, blaw...wand, wand wand..."fold your belt down" I do my usual insertion of thumb between belly and belt buckle..

"May I please pat you here?" pointing to my nether regions <<Note...rent-a-groper spoke very broken English so not sure if rest of this actually registered anything other than "blaw blaw blaw"...

I said..."NO...YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH US THERE" "Please may I pat you here" Again indicating the <I blush> pubic area.
Me..."No, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH US THERE...YOU MAY WAND THERE."

"Please, may I pat you here"...hello, did my last comment not register...

"Supervisor!"

OH GOD...me seeing myself tackled by three GI Joes intent on patting my nether regions.

Female supervisor..."He is asking if he can pat you there."

"No, you are not allowed to touch us there."

"He is asking if he can pat you there."

<<I see this conversation going no where, clock is ticking>>

Do what you must to get me on plane but I'm taking names <<OMG...did these words actually come out of my mouth...yes, see me writing Javiar or whoever's name on my ticket jacket along with Theresita, the supervisor, like I'm some bigwig.>>

Three other rent-a-gropers gather around to watch this indignity take place.

See me on my way...proceed directly to gate...time passage to ticket taker with gate rent-a-groper fondling some other victim...immediately order G&T from wonderful former TWA FA who is kissing her 29 years of seniority good bye...but that is another thread.


DO WE NOT HAVE ANY RIGHTS?...Must we submit to these outlandish scrutiny feel-ups with no recourse?

And if one infrequent flyer responds to this with "OH, I don't mind at all the 3 hour waits and the extra security" I hope you get the full body cavity search next time you fly...there's your extra security!

Did I mention the free bottle of champagne I got from MCO to STL...I feel so much calmer now...

But D***'it, I may still write a letter!...I took names afterall!!!!