The snapping of the gloves...
Mar 20, 2011 | 1:11 am
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r the TSA was lost quite a long time ago, and was well deservedly lst.
Mar 20, 2011 | 5:52 am
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This reminds of the scene in the movie Fletch. Chevy Chase (as Mr Babar) is about to get a rectal exam and the doctor snaps his gloves on. Chase starts singing Moon River and asks the doc if he ever served time. Maybe if we all started singing Moon River during every pat down at every airport in the country, TSA will think it's a mass conspiracy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfzXpE0QB2U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfzXpE0QB2U
Mar 20, 2011 | 5:30 pm
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I may have snapped gloves before when I put them, I think I haven't done it since my second year when a co-worker (joking with me) said "don't put hose on behind me". Since that time, I have made a concious effort to not do that at work. I think that many of the folks that do it, have seen it done that way on TV and such, and do so subconciously in many cases. There are sometimes where I think that knuckleheads are doing it to make a point or intimidate (which is wrong on evey level) someone. I have seen it happen many times where TSOs are not really paying attention to the fact that they snapped them (which reinforces the subconcious angle). Just my 2 cents.
Mar 20, 2011 | 5:51 pm
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I may have snapped gloves before when I put them, I think I haven't done it since my second year when a co-worker (joking with me) said "don't put hose on behind me". Since that time, I have made a concious effort to not do that at work. I think that many of the folks that do it, have seen it done that way on TV and such, and do so subconciously in many cases. There are sometimes where I think that knuckleheads are doing it to make a point or intimidate (which is wrong on evey level) someone. I have seen it happen many times where TSOs are not really paying attention to the fact that they snapped them (which reinforces the subconcious angle). Just my 2 cents.
I can see how, if one is in a hurry and multitasking, that one might not think about putting the gloves on in a more sensitive manner. Deliberate or accidental, it was something that struck me as being interpreted as an act of intimidation. From the passenger perspective, by opting out, it is obvious that we are likely folks that value our modesty and/or privacy. If the alternative is a pat down, that's already an attack on our body, but then to create an environment reminiscent of a prison warden getting ready to perform a rectal exam might be extremely upsetting to some.
Mar 20, 2011 | 5:55 pm
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I can see how, if one is in a hurry and multitasking, that one might not think about putting the gloves on in a more sensitive manner. Deliberate or accidental, it was something that struck me as being interpreted as an act of intimidation. From the passenger perspective, by opting out, it is obvious that we are likely folks that value our modesty and/or privacy. If the alternative is a pat down, that's already an attack on our body, but then to create an environment reminiscent of a prison warden getting ready to perform a rectal exam might be extremely upsetting to some.
Mar 20, 2011 | 6:07 pm
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What would the correct language to use if one is confronted by a glove snapping TSO in the future, in order to bring attention to the act, gather witnesses and link the snapping to a criminal act?
Mar 20, 2011 | 6:11 pm
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I may have snapped gloves before when I put them, I think I haven't done it since my second year when a co-worker (joking with me) said "don't put hose on behind me". Since that time, I have made a concious effort to not do that at work. I think that many of the folks that do it, have seen it done that way on TV and such, and do so subconciously in many cases. There are sometimes where I think that knuckleheads are doing it to make a point or intimidate (which is wrong on evey level) someone. I have seen it happen many times where TSOs are not really paying attention to the fact that they snapped them (which reinforces the subconcious angle). Just my 2 cents.
Surely a person KNOWS if the clerk is snapping the gloves innocently or doing it to intimidate??
If you were putting on gloves like normal and just happened to snap them, I hope I could "read" you correctly. Something wrong if I couldnt
Mar 20, 2011 | 6:17 pm
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Very early in the year, I was selected for the Pervoscope at a number of airports. An observation I made was that after opting out, I would always be asked to wait (post-WTMD), and without exception, when the TSO in charge of gropes walked toward me with what seemed to be a sense of purpose, he would very visibly and loudly snap one glove on in a menacing way - hand up in the air, far in front, pumped up to make it look really big (like a 3D action figure), while the other hand would pull the glove down and then let it snap back loudly in an overly dramatic manner.
Now, this could be just a TSO multi-tasking and putting fresh gloves on as he is walking toward the opt- out, or he might want the opt-out to see that fresh gloves are being used. OTOH, it could be a deliberate and orchestrated act designed to either humor the opt-out or strike fear into him as a kind of passive-aggressive act of revenge for opting out.
Perhaps our TSO friends on this forum would like to comment on my observation. And also, perhaps, those of us who are not TSO's could refrain from personally attacking the individual TSO author of a response that one does not agree with.
Now, this could be just a TSO multi-tasking and putting fresh gloves on as he is walking toward the opt- out, or he might want the opt-out to see that fresh gloves are being used. OTOH, it could be a deliberate and orchestrated act designed to either humor the opt-out or strike fear into him as a kind of passive-aggressive act of revenge for opting out.
Perhaps our TSO friends on this forum would like to comment on my observation. And also, perhaps, those of us who are not TSO's could refrain from personally attacking the individual TSO author of a response that one does not agree with.
Mar 20, 2011 | 7:42 pm
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Another classic snapping of the ole rubber glove at 19 seconds. Sadly, this is probably the future fate of the flying public.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHKTE...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHKTE...eature=related
Mar 20, 2011 | 8:01 pm
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Mar 20, 2011 | 8:22 pm
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Oh, so THAT'S why TSO's are invariably polite.