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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 9:58 am
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high_flyer
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How can anyone make the connection between a blond joke and sexual harassment?
I appreciate your "agreeness" with me in the following post, but it is Sexual Harrassment (see post above). End of subject. No concession there.

So... Before you post a blonde joke at work, think clearly, that this IS sexual harrassment, and this particular TSA employee is lucky that I didn't have the vinegar enough (at the time) to call him out on it and make his life miserable.

He would have gotten a sorry lesson from his superiors, and likely have had a blotch on his file that would have kept him from getting promotions.

I feel that we are often too quick in allowing our dislike for TSA to dictate our accusations
I really didn't have a beef with TSA (until now). I still have no "prejudices" against the TSA like you're implying. If you look through my posts on flyertalk, you'll see I actually hardly spend any time on this forum.

If we stick to the facts as presented, we simply have a case of an immature screener acting unprofessionally during his encounter with you and your wife. Nothing more, nothing less.
No. He created a potential hostile environment for his fellow employees if this is his MO, and he also denigrated the TSA organization. He created an environment of sexually harrassment. He upset me, and what he said was slanderous. Don't play it off either. Blonde jokes between golf buddies are one thing. Directed at my wife in a public place by a supposed "professional". WRONG.

To falsely accuse someone of something merely because of their affiliation with a group?
Huh. I think that's my point about the blonde joke?!
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