Honestly, I celebrate the guy's whole catalog.

But I would prefer giving them a bunch of Schmidt:

TDC: What's your name?

Traveler: John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

Next Traveler: His name is my name, too!

I'm impartial to Audrey Hepburn myself. Or Britney Spears for that matter. Honestly though, TSA officers asking for names is kind of overstepping their duties as screeners

See - it's just too easy to have too much fun with it. This should become A Thing. :D

::: points to name on electronic boarding pass :::
:::autostarts Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up ::::

I gave them only my first name once, just to see what would happen. Nothing interesting happened. I got my boarding pass squiggles and moved on.

I say my name in a completely unrecognisable format with a random accent which bears no resemblance to what one would think it should be and they just kind of stare and then make their mark.

I got it we all say
" I am Rick James Bit*h"

Or perhaps, "I am GUMBY, damnit!"

"Spartacus"

Mike Spartacus

Since I usually need to actually get on the plane to get to where I'm heading, I answer. Unfortunately, I have never gone by my first name, so I usually give "Middle Name" "Last Name". It often works (the middle name is on my passport), but, at DCA, I was told I HAD to give my first name, even if I don't use it. Like a lamb, I did. I really like to get on my scheduled flight. I know: I'm a coward, but I usually make my flight.

Recently, on a Nude-o-scope at LHR, the British agent said he had to touch my ankle (which had a recent implant), but was apologetic. When he did, he said, "Oh, it's swollen. That must hurt. I'm so sorry." No TSA has ever been sympathetic.

I tried this at SFO once but my friend, in line right behind me, w:rolleyes:uld not play along. The TSA wasn't very happy with me. I think I got a retaliatory patdown.

So I have a lot of non-American friends…

I have found they never get asked to repeat their names.

So I would says this is racial profiling.

you would have a point if "American" was a race, which it isn't.

I´m non-american and have been asked to say my name. They don´t respond well to a non-compliant "innocent" pointing to my passport - "My name is right here!"

Of all of the TSA time wasters, I'm astonished that the "say your name" persists.

The pointless "three questions" disappeared before the TSA started.
Shoe drama and body scans are going away for those of us with PreCheck.
The "special flashlight" is only at Certain airports, but it's quicker than before.
Liquid restrictions are slowly eroding (leave them in the bag for PreCheck, duty free is now okay.)

So the two most irksome to me are gate screening and "say your name." Both make the TSA (or "Team SFO") look dumber than usual, and both waste time.

This is not "consistently inconsistent" Since we all know it's at SFO every time.

Pistole is already under fire for SPOT, and "say your name" is arguably under the "behavioral detection" banner. He would be wise to get rid of SPOT quietly, and--in tandem--recognize that saying one's own name is a showcase of TSA ineptitude.