Originally Posted by docmonkey

Here are just a few things:

1. X-raying shoes.

Don't agree that this is indecent; do agree that it's stupid. It's not the x-raying of shoes that I have a disagreement with; it's the inflexibility of the policy that does not allow screeners to permit some shoes to be worn while others are x-rayed. The fact that this is based on an actual attempt by a would-be terrorist doesn't seem to phase you, eh?

2. Taking pumped milk away from a nursing mother because her baby isn't present.

Don't agree that this is indecent; do agree that it's another stupid mandate from headquaters that disallows any flexibility or judgement by supervisors.

3. Taking medicine away from people because they're not aware of the rule du jour.

This is a matter of TSOs not knowing the correct procedure. Again, this isn't anything indecent. It isn't right, but it's not an indecent act.

4. Being part of the apparatus that enforces the no-fly list.

You're kidding, right? Airlines deny boarding passes at the counter; the individual hasn't even approached the checkpoint because no boarding pass was issued by the airline to allow the individual to proceed towards the gate. I agree that the policy is faulty; I agree that having no-fly lists is ineffective; however, I don't see how the screener can be blamed. This is like blaming all federal employees for working while a Republican is in the White House.

5. Wasting tons of taxpayer money on things that don't increase security.

Details, please. Details. This is nothing more than empty hyperbole. You haven't stated anything that makes a screener's job indecent.

6. Complying with a rule that requires you to forbid your co-workers from bringing a sack lunch from home into the TSA breakroom if their lunches had a container of yogurt or a carton of chocolate milk.

So following employer rules is indecent, eh? Try again. By the way, I do agree with you that the policy is dumb and stupid. But you have to look in the mirror for the genesis of that dumb policy. It's all done to help satisfy the crybabies among you who complained that screeners were apparently exempt from the policy. Let me know how the shoe fits, eh?

7. Having to enforce whatever other silly rule your idiotic superiors may come up with tomorrow.

Blah, blah, blah. You've failed to point out one single thing that is indecent about security screening.