Taking Off A Sweatshirt?
Feb 9, 2010 | 7:40 pm
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Feb 9, 2010 | 8:37 pm
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I had a hooded sweatshirt on last year at IAD. The screener ordered me (yes -- ordered me) to take it off. Since I didn't have a shirt on underneath it, I repeated to him, "Did I hear you order me to take off my sweatshirt?" When he replied in the affirmative, off it came to reveal a bare-chested 50+ guy. I'm a marathon runner, so there's not much body fat on top, so, no embarrassment on my part. He never asked me if I had anything on underneath.
You would have thought I rushed the checkpoint with an M-60 machine gun! The moat dragon was literally yelling at me at the top of his lungs demanding to know why I took off my sweatshirt. "Because you ordered me to..." was my reply. To make a long story short, the screener became downright belligerent towards me to the point of trash-talking. I had a long discussion with the supervisor and the screening manager. The end result was one less screener on the payroll. (Trust me -- I know that for a fact.)
You would have thought I rushed the checkpoint with an M-60 machine gun! The moat dragon was literally yelling at me at the top of his lungs demanding to know why I took off my sweatshirt. "Because you ordered me to..." was my reply. To make a long story short, the screener became downright belligerent towards me to the point of trash-talking. I had a long discussion with the supervisor and the screening manager. The end result was one less screener on the payroll. (Trust me -- I know that for a fact.)
Feb 9, 2010 | 9:35 pm
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I often wear one of the company corduroy shirts while traveling since they're the right mix of warmth and weight.
Got tired of TSA wanting me to take it off, so tucking it in pants resolved problem ever since.
Then pull it back out after security.
Got tired of TSA wanting me to take it off, so tucking it in pants resolved problem ever since.
Then pull it back out after security.
Feb 12, 2010 | 7:55 am
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A co-worker of mine was behind a women at LHR wearing one of those and there was apparently a bit of a discussion about it because she said she wasn't wearing anything under it.