Has TSA Backed Off?
Jan 27, 2011 | 7:33 pm
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One time when I opted out, I caused a ruckus because they tried to push me to the side to "wait for a screener to become available." After refusing to move to the side, the line behind me for the NoS became quite lengthy (with people that were "randomly selected" for the NoS). When one of the 2-stripers saw how long the NoS line was, he told the TSA agent directing traffic to send everyone in the NoS line through the WMD.
This gave me two thoughts. First, I thought once you were "randomly selected" for the NoS that hell would have to freeze over before you were allowed to go through the WMD. Second, everyone there in that line should have tipped me $5 for taking care of the opt-out process for them.
This gave me two thoughts. First, I thought once you were "randomly selected" for the NoS that hell would have to freeze over before you were allowed to go through the WMD. Second, everyone there in that line should have tipped me $5 for taking care of the opt-out process for them.
