Someone who's HAPPY to get a hand wanding
Dec 23, 2005, 5:46 pm
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Someone who's HAPPY to get a hand wanding
I laughed hard when I saw this:
http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlib...d_Brochure.pdf
Look at how happy the woman getting the wand on page 2 is.
http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlib...d_Brochure.pdf
Look at how happy the woman getting the wand on page 2 is.
Dec 23, 2005, 6:21 pm
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Originally Posted by Superguy
Look at how happy the woman getting the wand on page 2 is.
Dec 26, 2005, 9:46 am
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Originally Posted by LessO2
That was either...
A) A TSAer dressed in civvies.
B) A compensated stand-in.
C) Noticing her palms up, she's essentially saying "I don't get this."
A) A TSAer dressed in civvies.
B) A compensated stand-in.
C) Noticing her palms up, she's essentially saying "I don't get this."
Dec 26, 2005, 11:28 am
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Originally Posted by eyecue
The palms up position is the proper position to have the pax stand in. We once had a pax stand in that position flipping off the whole world with both hands. She was subject to an interview by the LEO for her action!
Dec 26, 2005, 7:56 pm
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Originally Posted by John C
You can burn an American flag as free expression but you are subjected to additional legal processing for disrespecting the TSA screening process? Give me a break comrade.
Dec 27, 2005, 9:41 am
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Originally Posted by John C
You can burn an American flag as free expression but you are subjected to additional legal processing for disrespecting the TSA screening process? Give me a break comrade.
Dec 27, 2005, 10:28 am
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Originally Posted by eyecue
Nice try but, there are little kids on the checkpoint. It had nothing to do with TSA.
2. So, The First Amendment is omitted when kids are around? Flipping the bird is a threat to a TSAers ego, not to airline security.
Dec 27, 2005, 12:00 pm
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When exactly did the extension of the middle finger become illegal? Too bad it isn't--the traffic problems in Boston would be gone within days, while the city's coffers would be filling from the cash coming in to pay off the fines.
These threads are getting increasingly depressing each day. I'm not sure when "retaliatory" screenings, interviews, etc. became the norm.
Mike
These threads are getting increasingly depressing each day. I'm not sure when "retaliatory" screenings, interviews, etc. became the norm.
Mike
