Today my decision was made to join preheck
May 20, 2018, 9:59 am
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Today my decision was made to join preheck
Today my decision was made to join preheck after my food items were rubbed with that paper thing in the regular line. I asked if snacks were dangerous as they weren't amused. Gross. 
May 20, 2018, 2:44 pm
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I'm shocked! TSA doesn't consider Velveeta a liquid?
May 20, 2018, 7:34 pm
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Don't do it. We call it ExtortionCheck for a reason. Don't allow yourself to become an extortion victim.
May 20, 2018, 10:01 pm
#5
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If TSA screeners are going to be molesting our food items shouldn't travelers ask that they put on clean gloves before touching anything. Who knows where or on what those gloves they are wearing when we approach have been. TSA seems to care nothing about hygiene and transmission of who knows what.
May 21, 2018, 8:03 am
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Unfortunately, PreCheck will not reduce the instances of that to 0%. When we went on vacation two years ago, my wife was doing one of those supervised medical weight loss programs with the powdered shakes, and she was traveling with the packets of powder, and those got swabbed.
However, since getting PreCheck, my CPAP machine has been taken out and swabbed 0 times, they've found my toothpaste in my shaving kit 0 times, and they've found my keychain pocketknife that's designed to look like a key 0 times.
However, since getting PreCheck, my CPAP machine has been taken out and swabbed 0 times, they've found my toothpaste in my shaving kit 0 times, and they've found my keychain pocketknife that's designed to look like a key 0 times.
May 21, 2018, 6:52 pm
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If TSA screeners are going to be molesting our food items shouldn't travelers ask that they put on clean gloves before touching anything. Who knows where or on what those gloves they are wearing when we approach have been. TSA seems to care nothing about hygiene and transmission of who knows what.
May 21, 2018, 7:58 pm
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Citizens need to remember that they can require (not request -- REQUIRE) a clerk to change gloves for any reason. Make sure they take them out of the box and not out of their pockets. Make sure they test them before they touch you or your stuff. They especially hate this. Harassing clerks by making them change gloves and testing them is about the only way we can push back.
I have heard of that for pat downs, didn't know that applied to carry-on bag searches. And while on the subject try not to think where, and on what, checked baggage screeners hands have been before getting to your bags. I'm confident that the cleanliness of their hands are foremost in the screeners thoughts when going into our bags.
May 22, 2018, 6:10 am
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I have heard of that for pat downs, didn't know that applied to carry-on bag searches. And while on the subject try not to think where, and on what, checked baggage screeners hands have been before getting to your bags. I'm confident that the cleanliness of their hands are foremost in the screeners thoughts when going into our bags.
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May 22, 2018, 8:01 am
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