It's started in Houston
 

Handed my ID to the guy at IAH and the question was "What's your name"
I started laughing, and said "Are we starting this crap here now?" He gave me a long winded explanation of how a fake would hesitate when asked that question.

I may get into some crap, but my next departure from IAH will be a confrontation. I'm fed up with this trivial BS. Next pass through security, he'll have to prove I'm NOT who I am. This will probably happen next week. Stay tuned.

My name is Smith, spelled, unlogical...

Did he happen to notice that you hesitated?

There's no compulsion to pronounce your name the way it is spelt (or even with the same syllables) is there?

I KNEW we would be punished for the embarrassment the guy with the fake IDs and BPs caused the TSA.

I really, really want to get this. I am taking ASL and I have learned to "sign" my name.

Here is what I think is funny. If the TDC asks me to say my name and I "sign" it, will they realize that I could only have known what the question was if I could hear, but by signing it would indicate that I was possibly deaf?

Do they have ASL interpreters at the check point? I am not very good yet and would be at a disadvantage with someone that knows ASL proficiently.

I have been practicing "I opt out," and my next projects will be "I need to see my belongings," and "Get a supervisor (or LEO), now."

You can read lips? How do they know?

I knew it, and sort of hoped it would happen.

The sooner, and farther, that TSA ratchets up the stupidity, the faster this joke show can come to an end.

If I am asked to "say" my name I just may say "a**hole, do ya want to see how big of one I can be?"

Might be fun!!

I'm planning to ask for a Supervisor, and explain that this person is showing that he can't distinguish th e difference between a real ID and a fake ID.

He's supposed to keep me safe, and he's showiing that he's incompident.

We can't have incompidence in our Security System.

This has got to be one of the funniest posts I've ever read on Flyertalk.

Sometimes, when I'm both nervous and frustrated, I develop a stutter. It can be pretty bad. Can take almost half a minute to get my last name out fully, and it's only five letters long.

It would be better if (the pronunciation of) your name suddenly becomes P-P-P-P-Pet-Pet-Pet-t-t-t-ter P-P-P-P-Pop-Pop-Pop-p-p-p-p-per and you'd had an onion and garlic sandwich for lunch. :D:D:D

When I stutter (and I can't really predict when it'll happen, sort of comes and goes) I do tend to spit a bit, especially as I attempt lip-intensive consonants.

You need to have someone right behind you working with you for this to work at its best. And you probably need some extra time for the retaliatory screenings you'll both get.:td:

"My name is John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt."

To which the person behind must obviously state: "Hey, his name is my name too!"

Hilarity, or at least screener confusion, ensues.