All Food and Electronics Larger than Cellphones out for Screening
Jul 4, 2018, 1:34 pm
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Nov 8, 2018, 9:21 am
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Nov 18, 2018, 8:00 am
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Opening the factory seal w/those filthy gloves-yuck 
He's probably one of those screeners who doesn't understand why the traveling public loathes them as much as we do...
He's probably one of those screeners who doesn't understand why the traveling public loathes them as much as we do...
Nov 18, 2018, 9:00 am
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Those thoughts occurred to me also as well as they thought that he could be testing for drugs, even though TSA swears up and down they don't do so.
Nov 18, 2018, 10:37 am
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I'm looking at this TSO, fresh from a stint at the 'academy' to be retrained, and realizing that if a bad person ever tries to take something like anthrax or fentanyl through a checkpoint, we are all well and truly screwed, because TSA's training apparently encourages screeners to use risky procedures with unknown powders that would never be handled so casually in a police lab or other professionally controlled circumstances.
It's perfectly clear from the screener's actions that he has been trained to believe that this is all a charade, that he does not believe he will ever encounter and confiscate anything truly risky or dangerous. Otherwise, he'd at least have a face mask while he's messing with supposedly potentially dangerous substances.
They do whatever they want with the strips. I have no idea why this guy thinks he needs to pour some of the substance on to the table top to test it. If it was laced with fentanyl or anthrax, he'd have just put a whole lot of people at risk, starting with himself.
It's perfectly clear from the screener's actions that he has been trained to believe that this is all a charade, that he does not believe he will ever encounter and confiscate anything truly risky or dangerous. Otherwise, he'd at least have a face mask while he's messing with supposedly potentially dangerous substances.
They do whatever they want with the strips. I have no idea why this guy thinks he needs to pour some of the substance on to the table top to test it. If it was laced with fentanyl or anthrax, he'd have just put a whole lot of people at risk, starting with himself.
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Nov 18, 2018, 11:04 am
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I'm looking at this TSO, fresh from a stint at the 'academy' to be retrained, and realizing that if a bad person ever tries to take something like anthrax or fentanyl through a checkpoint, we are all well and truly screwed, because TSA's training apparently encourages screeners to use risky procedures with unknown powders that would never be handled so casually in a police lab or other professionally controlled circumstances.
It's perfectly clear from the screener's actions that he has been trained to believe that this is all a charade, that he does not believe he will ever encounter and confiscate anything truly risky or dangerous. Otherwise, he'd at least have a face mask while he's messing with supposedly potentially dangerous substances.
It's perfectly clear from the screener's actions that he has been trained to believe that this is all a charade, that he does not believe he will ever encounter and confiscate anything truly risky or dangerous. Otherwise, he'd at least have a face mask while he's messing with supposedly potentially dangerous substances.
Nov 18, 2018, 6:23 pm
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As a contrast to the antics of the USA TSA:
I just came through security at Terminal 4 in SIN. Nothing had to be taken out of my bags -- no laptops, no liquids, no electronics, no powders, no food -- nothing. Kept my shoes on. Was able to choose between WTMD and MMW -- of course I chose the WTMD. Better than pre-check. Amazing. And no flights from SIN today were misdirected or didn't land normally.
I just came through security at Terminal 4 in SIN. Nothing had to be taken out of my bags -- no laptops, no liquids, no electronics, no powders, no food -- nothing. Kept my shoes on. Was able to choose between WTMD and MMW -- of course I chose the WTMD. Better than pre-check. Amazing. And no flights from SIN today were misdirected or didn't land normally.
Nov 18, 2018, 6:28 pm
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As a contrast to the antics of the USA TSA:
I just came through security at Terminal 4 in SIN. Nothing had to be taken out of my bags -- no laptops, no liquids, no electronics, no powders, no food -- nothing. Kept my shoes on. Was able to choose between WTMD and MMW -- of course I chose the WTMD. Better than pre-check. Amazing. And no flights from SIN today were misdirected or didn't land normally.
I just came through security at Terminal 4 in SIN. Nothing had to be taken out of my bags -- no laptops, no liquids, no electronics, no powders, no food -- nothing. Kept my shoes on. Was able to choose between WTMD and MMW -- of course I chose the WTMD. Better than pre-check. Amazing. And no flights from SIN today were misdirected or didn't land normally.
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Nov 19, 2018, 4:55 pm
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As a contrast to the antics of the USA TSA:
I just came through security at Terminal 4 in SIN. Nothing had to be taken out of my bags -- no laptops, no liquids, no electronics, no powders, no food -- nothing. Kept my shoes on. Was able to choose between WTMD and MMW -- of course I chose the WTMD. Better than pre-check. Amazing. And no flights from SIN today were misdirected or didn't land normally.
I just came through security at Terminal 4 in SIN. Nothing had to be taken out of my bags -- no laptops, no liquids, no electronics, no powders, no food -- nothing. Kept my shoes on. Was able to choose between WTMD and MMW -- of course I chose the WTMD. Better than pre-check. Amazing. And no flights from SIN today were misdirected or didn't land normally.
Nov 19, 2018, 5:01 pm
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This is perfect example of what TSA can do if it wants to do so.
Nov 19, 2018, 5:41 pm
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