Originally Posted by underpressure
First, I didn't realize that it was permissible to check in on line for an international flight.
Second, by your own admission, you have been playing with fire and usually do. This time you got burned. Maybe next time you will not cut it so close.
to your lousy attitude and negative contribution to this thread.
I have as little to no tolerance for the actions (and existence!) of this un-American organization known as the TSA as anyone else here on this Forum, and like all others on this thread I wholeheartedly support the OP and I'm appalled at the treatment he received. Having said all that: Referring specifically to the above-quoted posts, I have to agree with Underpressure here: As sympathetic as I am to your plight, SAT Lawyer, and as unacceptable as it was for TSA to deliberately work to try to make you miss your flight, the fact is that by cutting it so close, both this time and (apparently) all the time, you're a creature of your own making. Let me be clear: There is NO excuse for TSA's actions toward you, but if you continually show up "just in time" to an entirely-variable environment such as the TSA checkpoint at any airport, then you continually run the risk of having an unknown variable such as an unpatriotic and vindictive-for-no-other-reason-than-"because-he-can"-TSO cause you to miss your flight. Start showing up earlier.