Which ones of 'us' are you talking about and how can you be so certain it was someone from this forum??

I posted my doubts not long after tsadude registered.

How on earth do you know what the airlines' agents and the skycaps think of ME??

Are you really all-knowing??

I've never demanded to be treated like a god, and I think I've shown nothing but respect for people I've encountered at the airport. If trying to protect my possessions from thieves and worse is tantamount to demanding to be treated like a god and showing no respect for others, then this is a very sad place and time to be living in indeed.

I am not refering to anyone here specifically unless the shoe fits. I will answer any questions that you have in an honest open manner, but if you wish to blast me about policy that I have no control over, expect an ugly answer. Courtesy goes both ways. I will always help someone out but don't yank my chain and expect nothing in return.

I don't think anyone here is blasting you personally about the policy, but only the policy itself. In response, we've received everything but 'open honest answers'. Just a lot of sarcastic BS.

I will try to be nicer. I come from a blue collar family and it shows.

I am not a lawyer but I believe the federal government is exempt from many liability lawsuits, at least in a financial sense. I'm not sure if the federal government would be exempt in this case.

tsadude...I can't even believe you said that. Blue collar family=rude, sarcastic responses?

Wow...time to cut those apron strings...I'm not sure you can hold an entire population of hard-working citizens responsible for your urges and utterances.


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I hate to burst your bubble. But there are millions like me who bust there ... and have an attitude and hard opinions unlike yours.

He must be...or at least thinks he is...

A few thoughts:

1. I am not a bubble-boy, so don't really need you to burst anything.

2. You have no idea if my opinions are hard, soft or overeasy.

3. I don't even know what your response means, really, or what it has to do with anything.

4. It is "their asses" not "there ...."

Now, what was this thread about? Something about locks? Perhaps it is time to apply one to this thread...though tsadude would probably just break it off.




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I'll be laughing at your response as I pop the locks off of your luggage and then it may make your flight if it is found at all.

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Last week I flew from Juneau Alaska to Anchorage. I checked my Garment bag and headed to the lounge. I was paged by a CSR from AS. I figured I was being upgraded to first class but found I was really the first a$$. TSA folks wanted to talk to me about a positive for Nitroglycerin. Of course with 30%+ false positives they checked it a 2nd and 3rd/final time with a negative for mention explosive. They already had my bag open and items laid out as they swabbed their tampon detection pads. Why did they bother paging me when they already had my belongings laid out and 2 negatives for nitro? Not to mention that they can't even follow their own guidelines consistently. I witnessed them in my bag but never found the BS slip they're suppose to insert after fondling. We should all be extremely concerned about the false negatives. I will not stand by any longer either and let the TSA do whatever they want without making my self heard. I will also lock my bags with a combo lock. This is mostly to prevent someone from placing something in my bag, not removing something from it. Screw the TSA and their unaccountability. We will see this in court soon.
I still don't understand why, if they really suspected a bomb, did they open the bag in SJC then arrest the couple from Maine(?) for faking a bomb?!? Were they trying to blow up the entire airport? They knew it wasn't a bomb and got thier ego's bruised by the "fascist" letter. lain and simple.

Is TSADude really with the TSA? Probably not. Just some prepubescent teenager enjoying "yanking your chain" in this forum. I say TSADude thanks for nothing and go back to AOL Chat with the rest of children the .............

TSA Dude, I posted this once before and I'd like to say it again. Maybe if you read it again (if you read it at all) some of it will sink in. You are a lousy representative of your people.
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Tsadude, I'm not intending to personally attack you and I've only been here a short while, but may I just suggest that it might serve you better to be less bellicose and more neutral. I understand that some of the comments made here are in poor taste and grossly unfair. Many of the posters seem to be so negative on TSA it is clear that nothing anyone says will change their opinion. In fact, I've already seen that many of them are more interested in being recacitrant than open minded. People like that may not be worth getting upset over.

If you had a different handle or did not identify yourself as a TSA employee, it would be a little different. You do have the freedom to speak your mind, as we all do but when you represent yourself as from a certain group, though we all clearly know you do not officialy represent the TSA, we do make assumptions and conclusions about TSA people and their attitudes through your posts.

I'm suggesting simply that you consider carefully what you say and how you say it so as to put your best foot forward. I have many friends at the TSA and want to see them fairly reflected on. As a supervisor, you should be even more attentive to how you come across. Even if some fool annoys you, it might be better to be tolerant and either say nothing or graciously pass on further comment.

I welcome your views, it is important to have a good balance of viewpoints here. I'm just suggesting that you be more aware of how some of your responses look. Maybe just factual and non judgemental answers would help. Or as I said, no answer may be better.

Ok, I know, I am judgemental and I am sometimes non factual, and gee, I even get belligerant at times, as do many of the individuals here and on other forums. But..consider this. When I do so, I'm only representing myself and any bad opinions people may gain from my own stupidity reflects only on me. When someone identifies themselves as part of a group and their handle reflects that, fair or not, people tend to see that person as representative of the rest of the group. Your co-workers deserve the best possible, professional representation.

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