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Old Dec 30, 2009 | 11:38 pm
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Originally Posted by whatsinyourbag
We don't have customers, we have passengers...

And it doesn't have to be "customer service", it can be "respect" and respect is a two way street...

With the way we are attacked on here, why ask about being antagonistic?
this sums it up tsa attitude in a nutshell. imperiously inconvenience and harass the customer then use their normal reaction to justify escalated harassment. it shows. the attitude it the only consistency. if you don't like working with customers get another job. i am not backing down.
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 11:41 am
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For everyone who hates the TSA, please join our new Facebook group. whatsinyourbag, you are more than welcome to join, we have everyone from current TSA employees to business people to Boeing 777 captains!
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 4:44 pm
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Originally Posted by alan747
For everyone who hates the TSA, please join our new Facebook group. whatsinyourbag, you are more than welcome to join, we have everyone from current TSA employees to business people to Boeing 777 captains!
I joined. ^

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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 5:20 pm
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Originally Posted by whatsinyourbag
If it is such ineffective screening with rude and incompetant staff, why do you utilize air travel instead of driving, or taking the bus or train?
I really wish we could, then it would put nazies like you out of business
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 6:27 pm
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Originally Posted by shillard
Originally Posted by whatsinyourbag
We don't have customers, we have passengers..
Bzzzzzt. Wrong.

US Taxpayers are TSA customers.
Shillard, I disagree. I do not choose to do business with TSA. No alternatives are available. Dealing with them is not optional. We are not customers of TSA. Government is not a business. It doesn't operate for profit. It doesn't compete.

If we must apply business metaphors, then we taxpayers are TSA's employer. We're the boss. Via our elected representatives, we created TSA. We've delegated responsibilities to them, but we're in charge. They work for us.
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 8:37 pm
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Originally Posted by pmocek
Shillard, I disagree. I do not choose to do business with TSA. No alternatives are available. Dealing with them is not optional. We are not customers of TSA. Government is not a business. It doesn't operate for profit. It doesn't compete.

If we must apply business metaphors, then we taxpayers are TSA's employer. We're the boss. Via our elected representatives, we created TSA. We've delegated responsibilities to them, but we're in charge. They work for us.
EXACTLY.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 4:37 am
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