What's wrong with PreCheck?
Dec 9, 2013, 6:48 am
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What's wrong with PreCheck?
Humorous look at TSA illogic....by Peter Greenberg
The other problem with PreCheck is that it’s not available at all airports, or worse, it’s available at some airports but not at all security checkpoints. That also makes no sense.
And this morning, at the Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Florida, came the latest TSA absurdity when it comes to PreCheck. I arrived at the airport at 6:45 am for my 8 am flight to New York. After checking in, I walked to the TSA checkpoint. I saw the sign for PreCheck. But as I got closer, a TSA agent came up to me and said, “Sorry, PreCheck isn’t open.”
Isn’t open? I asked.
And then, the TSA agent replied with an answer that defied logic. “No,” he said matter of factly, “We close it each morning at 7 am.”
CLOSE it at 7am? As if there were lots of 4 am flights departing Ft. Myers. “Shouldn’t you be OPENING PreCheck at 7am?” I asked. It seemed like the logical thing to do.
“Sorry,” he said, “We only go with the schedule they give us.”
So much for common sense at the TSA...
http://petergreenberg.com/2013/11/08...-tsa-precheck/
The other problem with PreCheck is that it’s not available at all airports, or worse, it’s available at some airports but not at all security checkpoints. That also makes no sense.
And this morning, at the Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Florida, came the latest TSA absurdity when it comes to PreCheck. I arrived at the airport at 6:45 am for my 8 am flight to New York. After checking in, I walked to the TSA checkpoint. I saw the sign for PreCheck. But as I got closer, a TSA agent came up to me and said, “Sorry, PreCheck isn’t open.”
Isn’t open? I asked.
And then, the TSA agent replied with an answer that defied logic. “No,” he said matter of factly, “We close it each morning at 7 am.”
CLOSE it at 7am? As if there were lots of 4 am flights departing Ft. Myers. “Shouldn’t you be OPENING PreCheck at 7am?” I asked. It seemed like the logical thing to do.
“Sorry,” he said, “We only go with the schedule they give us.”
So much for common sense at the TSA...
http://petergreenberg.com/2013/11/08...-tsa-precheck/
Dec 9, 2013, 7:50 am
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DISASTER AVERTED: TSA agent bravely confiscates sockmonkey’s gun
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This is TSA style common sense.
http://tinyurl.com/kmftbxj
This is TSA style common sense.
Dec 9, 2013, 9:11 am
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I guess I am in the boat of just appreciating precheck whenever i get it (or they are open). I have been through hundreds of times...every time I stop to think how much better it is.
Will continue to appreciate it when I can use it, rather than complain like the worlds ending the 10% of the time when I can't...
Will continue to appreciate it when I can use it, rather than complain like the worlds ending the 10% of the time when I can't...
Dec 9, 2013, 10:06 am
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I guess I am in the boat of just appreciating precheck whenever i get it (or they are open). I have been through hundreds of times...every time I stop to think how much better it is.
Will continue to appreciate it when I can use it, rather than complain like the worlds ending the 10% of the time when I can't...
Will continue to appreciate it when I can use it, rather than complain like the worlds ending the 10% of the time when I can't...
Nothing like showing gratitude for being allowed to suckle on governments teat.
Dec 9, 2013, 11:05 am
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I guess I am in the boat of just appreciating precheck whenever i get it (or they are open). I have been through hundreds of times...every time I stop to think how much better it is.
Will continue to appreciate it when I can use it, rather than complain like the worlds ending the 10% of the time when I can't...
Will continue to appreciate it when I can use it, rather than complain like the worlds ending the 10% of the time when I can't...
Unfortunately, it is the result of being conditioned to accept being treated like a lesser or a prisoner with diminished rights.
Dec 9, 2013, 11:15 am
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On my latest trip (visiting in-laws for Thanksgiving), the only one of us that got selected for pre-check was my 5 year old daughter. So, she didn't need to take off her shoes (she wouldn't anyway), take her laptop out (she doesn't have one), or go through the scanner (also probably except, I believe).
I felt safer
I felt safer
Dec 9, 2013, 1:26 pm
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When my dad was in the army, there was a little guy who kept getting bullied and beaten up by the bigger guys. Every time he got knocked down, he got right back up and said "thanks for not hitting me harder."
I don't know if the lesson here is that he's an eternal optimist or suffering from some sort of psychological disorder. Sort of reminds me of those who show gratitude for Precheck.
Dec 9, 2013, 1:46 pm
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On my latest trip (visiting in-laws for Thanksgiving), the only one of us that got selected for pre-check was my 5 year old daughter. So, she didn't need to take off her shoes (she wouldn't anyway), take her laptop out (she doesn't have one), or go through the scanner (also probably except, I believe).
I felt safer
I felt safer
Mike