Halloween with the TSA :)

OMG a TSO was wearing a devil horn?! Hahahahaha classic. Don't tell me you didn't take a pic!

Seriously, were the TSA officers friendly tho? Did they wish you a Happy Halloween?

Also, did you snag an opportunity to check out how long the lines took, and if the ID checkers were TSA or still private? Also, how many WTMD's were open?

No, like Agent Smiths and harass the TSA employees.

and find TSO's with the last name Anderson?

"Why Mr. Anderson"

the TSO's were relatively friendly... I can dig that. No happy halloween wishes, although I got smiles and laughs going through security with horns and a pitchfork.

As for lines, all open, lines were at about 10-15 mins, no wait for elite/AC. ID was private contractor, with a second ID check by TSA afterwards. I guess they're waiting for the private contractors contracts to run out.

Interesting to note that I went into the bank today and they had a reminder out to remove masks before entering. Probably for robbery prevention, but I wonder what would have happened if someone walked in with one on?

"Do you want to withdraw today?"

As if a robber is going to obey a sign on the door asking him to remove his mask?

Good point.

Every c-store from 7-11 to Circle-K to the stop-n-rob corner gas station all had signs saying to remove masks or face paint before entering. The banks have always had nice, professionally made signs asking customers to remove dark sunglasses, hats, motorcycle helmets () before entering the bank.

Like this? sorry....

A lot of female employees at LAX copped out with little fairy princess tiara's but there was a ground staff for Mexicana, I think who was dressed up as a bumblebee. That's the only one I saw, who made an effort.

I have to wonder how true that statement is (not yours but Southwest's). I know of no security policy that restricts or limits costumes; airport employees dress up all the time.

However, there has been a backlash from religious Christians regarding Halloween in recent years. For some reason, a kids' night out gathering candy and treats has been associated with devil worship and sacrilege against the Christian Bible. Perhaps I have the wrong impression. At my wife's job, for example, employees were asked not to display any Halloween decorations; however, "harvest" decorations (anything minus jack-o-lanterns, witches, ghosts, goblins, etc.) would be permitted. And the boss admitted that Halloween offended his religious beliefs. My point here is not to judge the policy one way or the other; my point is that it seems that this is a trend in many places. I'm curious what will happen at Christmas.

At any rate, it's pretty easy to blame it on "security." I'm just curious if that's the real reason.