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.

Or they saw people do that on TV and they are imitating their favorite form of entertainment.

I haven't opted out, but any clerk doing so is going to get a loud verbal challenge as to why they did that. Plus depending on the jurisdiction menacing is a crime.

There aren't any. TSOs as "Friends" that is. Neither here nor in the airports, bus stations, or train stations. That is sad and that is NOT the way it is supposed to be. We do not have such an antagonistic relationship with LEOs, who perform an important task FOR US, unlike the TSOs who are now engaged in sexually molesting us and ours, doing unwanted things TO US. That is a d*mned shame and should not be. That alone should clue in TSA that they have erred badly in their new strip search and groping procedures.

I agree. I would be asking in a loud voice "why he did that with his gloves? Are you planning to stick that up my backside? Should I be concerned?"

Basically just call him out

I'd have just responded with the comment, fairly loudly, "don't forget your lube".

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I was gonna say that that description most makes me think of digital rectal exams.

For some it could be a form of intimidation. As such, call them out by saying, "Please get me your FSD or other and a LEO" then explain the situation.

Yes, isn't this the classic movie motif that signals someone is about to get a rectal exam?

It could be their way of creating the illusion that they actually change their gloves . . . @:-)

Indeed - that is the impression I got. If you don't submit to the jackoscope, you will get a nasty surprise... intimidation, basically.

Didn't think about that. @:-)

BINGO!!

So laugh at them. Ain't many better ways of taking the wind out of a bully's sails than by letting them see what a joke they are.

I'm absolutely positive the PhlyingRPh was nothing but polite with the TSA agents, as he respects what they are doing and that they are simply doing their jobs, as he has reiterated so many times.

Politeness will get you quite a lot of leeway.