USA Today on TSA's new badges
Jun 16, 2008, 8:01 pm
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Jun 16, 2008, 8:15 pm
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I really don't understand why the badges are a big deal one way or the other.
I'm reminded of the riff in "Office Space" where the jagoff restaurant manager gives the Jennifer Anniston character a hard time about not having enough buttons and badges ("flair") pinned to her uniform.
Well, that's how I feel about the badge ... it's just one more piece of flair I have to keep track of!
Usually I put all the required crap on my uniform while riding the parking lot shuttle bus in to the airport. No sense wasting time at home!
I'm reminded of the riff in "Office Space" where the jagoff restaurant manager gives the Jennifer Anniston character a hard time about not having enough buttons and badges ("flair") pinned to her uniform.
Well, that's how I feel about the badge ... it's just one more piece of flair I have to keep track of!
Usually I put all the required crap on my uniform while riding the parking lot shuttle bus in to the airport. No sense wasting time at home!
Actually, your position of parasitising two competing groups is probably unique in natural history and deserving of a paper.
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Jun 16, 2008, 8:57 pm
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Jun 16, 2008, 9:08 pm
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By rent-a-cop I was referring to the private, unarmed, contracted security guards you would typically see at grocery stores and construction sites. The ones with no more "aw-thor-a-tye" (sorry cartman) than any other private citizen.
Jun 17, 2008, 2:39 am
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As I recall, you are just with TSA for the health insurance. You are fulfilling the American Dream by abusing both your employer and the flying public.
I tell ya, it's hard work abusing so many people at once!
Jun 17, 2008, 8:49 am
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I really don't understand why the badges are a big deal one way or the other.
I'm reminded of the riff in "Office Space" where the jagoff restaurant manager gives the Jennifer Anniston character a hard time about not having enough buttons and badges ("flair") pinned to her uniform.
Well, that's how I feel about the badge ... it's just one more piece of flair I have to keep track of!
I'm reminded of the riff in "Office Space" where the jagoff restaurant manager gives the Jennifer Anniston character a hard time about not having enough buttons and badges ("flair") pinned to her uniform.
Well, that's how I feel about the badge ... it's just one more piece of flair I have to keep track of!
1. You aren't, to the best of my knowledge, Jennifer Anniston
2. You, & your bretheren, aren't waitstaff in a restaurant relying on tips from satisfied customers, though that's certainly a concept that I would be willing to consider-put a tip jar @ at the checkpoint exit & then wait to see how long it takes to fill.
3. No one would ever mistake a waitress, even if it was Jennifer Anniston, as a real LEO, which seems to be the intent of your new costumes, in a not very subtle attempt at convincing the Kettle's you, the screeners, have more authority than you really do.
Jun 17, 2008, 9:00 am
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I really don't understand why the badges are a big deal one way or the other.
I'm reminded of the riff in "Office Space" where the jagoff restaurant manager gives the Jennifer Anniston character a hard time about not having enough buttons and badges ("flair") pinned to her uniform.
Well, that's how I feel about the badge ... it's just one more piece of flair I have to keep track of!
Usually I put all the required crap on my uniform while riding the parking lot shuttle bus in to the airport. No sense wasting time at home!
I'm reminded of the riff in "Office Space" where the jagoff restaurant manager gives the Jennifer Anniston character a hard time about not having enough buttons and badges ("flair") pinned to her uniform.
Well, that's how I feel about the badge ... it's just one more piece of flair I have to keep track of!
Usually I put all the required crap on my uniform while riding the parking lot shuttle bus in to the airport. No sense wasting time at home!
Mike
Jun 17, 2008, 9:42 am
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"Some of our officers aren't respected," TSA spokeswoman Ellen Howe said.
Jun 17, 2008, 10:18 am
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You definitely need to cover yourself in flair. I'll keep an eye out for the TSO wearing the pin that says, "Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."
Can I also have one that says, "I've never been the same since that twister dropped a house on my sister"?
Jun 17, 2008, 10:26 am
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Jun 17, 2008, 12:47 pm
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