I arrived at the entrance to security screening at Dca terminal "A" this morning with my blind companion and and was told I could put away my photo i.d., "you won't need it anymore". The young man was pleasant and we were on our way. A few minutes later after I walked through the metal detector and presented my boarding document to another TSA person who demanded to see my photo i.d. She expressed displeasure when I told her it was in my jacket in a plastic bin being scanned. I could not proceed until my stuff emerged and I could go over to retrieve my i.d. In the meantime my companion was fumbling and stumbling around in the concourse confused by my absence.
At the least I wish they would not tell us we won't need our photo i.d.'s anymore. Because we do.