Originally Posted by
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all at the same time, and meanwhile the TSA rep is asking me for my boarding pass (that just got checked 5 feet back). I try to do all of this as quickly as possible, so as not to slow up fellow travelers. Last week, one of the TSA folks at FAY asked me for my b/pass while I was clearing in the middle of the above process, and when I didn't give it to her immediately (I was rooting through my bag pulling out my liquid bag), she asked me if my b/pass was in my bag. Have some patience, I've only got two arms!
I don't put the BP in my mouth, I always put it in my briefcase.
But I have had plenty of instances when TSAers get rude with me when I don't do things on their internal clock. When I ask them if I can actually have some time to do the procedures, most are nice and just cite "routine." A few (and that's what it really is) get snippy, and that's when I just smile and get their name and badge number (amazing what kind of awkward motions happen when you do that, BTW), and report them.