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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 10:57 am
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So the TSO checking my boarding pass and ID this morning, the one who spent 5 minutes checking my documents because he thought for sure I was a terrorist, didn't even notice that I gave him the wrong boarding pass for a different city.

Same nonsense, different day! Thought I'd share for a laugh, or at least a snicker...
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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 11:31 am
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What a boring job they have. What a leaky sieve of a so-called "security" layer. I would hawk a booger in their general direction but that would result in their whipping out a yellow card on me for making mock of their null contribution to finding WEI.
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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 12:05 pm
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When I looked at their applicant specifications, I noted that they require a GED or High School diploma, but nothing was said about literacy. No wonder their application is written at a third grade reading level.
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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 1:34 pm
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Originally Posted by Tika1505
When I looked at their applicant specifications, I noted that they require a GED or High School diploma, but nothing was said about literacy. No wonder their application is written at a third grade reading level.
You don't have to be literate to earn a GED or diploma? Sigh.
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Old Aug 14, 2013 | 5:20 am
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Originally Posted by sunnyjl
...checking my boarding pass and ID... ...same nonsense
Stupid, ineffective, and unnecessary jobs shouldn't be done by government employees.

Oh, wait... um, never mind.
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Old Aug 16, 2013 | 2:30 pm
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Originally Posted by sunnyjl
So the TSO checking my boarding pass and ID this morning, the one who spent 5 minutes checking my documents because he thought for sure I was a terrorist, didn't even notice that I gave him the wrong boarding pass for a different city.

Same nonsense, different day! Thought I'd share for a laugh, or at least a snicker...
Let me guess, FWB?

Mike
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Old Aug 16, 2013 | 2:42 pm
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Originally Posted by mikeef
Let me guess, FWB?

Mike
No, but no matter...same crap everywhere!
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Old Aug 18, 2013 | 11:19 am
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Originally Posted by sunnyjl
So the TSO checking my boarding pass and ID this morning, the one who spent 5 minutes checking my documents because he thought for sure I was a terrorist, didn't even notice that I gave him the wrong boarding pass for a different city.

Same nonsense, different day! Thought I'd share for a laugh, or at least a snicker...
What the clerks don't realize is that after I pass through their portal at a major airport, I throw away the BP with all their scribbles, and print a new one at one of the Customer Service kiosks. No one has yet stopped me at the gate to ask where my TSA-approved BP is.
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Old Aug 18, 2013 | 11:57 pm
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Originally Posted by sunnyjl
So the TSO checking my boarding pass and ID this morning, the one who spent 5 minutes checking my documents because he thought for sure I was a terrorist, didn't even notice that I gave him the wrong boarding pass for a different city.

Same nonsense, different day! Thought I'd share for a laugh, or at least a snicker...
At PHX T3N tonite, a TSO had to inspect my BP when I got to the front of the "magic squiggle" wait line, then I took two steps to another TSO who also read my BP and added the magic squiggle. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Oh wait, I'm repeating my words.
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