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$50 and a visit to Singapore, Bangkok, etc will get you 2 perfect duplicate TSA costumes, badges and all.
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FWIW, I thought the old uniforms were far more professional. The new ones (and the badges) make the TSA people look like rent-a-cops.
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Originally Posted by Spiff
(Post 10373821)
Lucky them. :(
Perhaps as a society, we should all just bestow titles upon ourselves in an effort to command respect. Never mind that both titles and respect are usually earned, let's all give ourselves a false sense of deserving the bowing and scraping of others. How about these: Master Fryer Supervisor Chief of Hub Cap Shining Resident Stationary Engineer (Flinstones, anyone?) The Duke of Ted Colonel of the Mens Room Lord of the Lawnmower (Do You Want Your Grass Cut?!?) General BarFly Queen of Afternoon Television Loss Prevention and Quality Assurance Real Man of Genius :D |
Originally Posted by xyzzy
(Post 10374206)
FWIW, I thought the old uniforms were far more professional. The new ones (and the badges) make the TSA people look like rent-a-cops.
You can put a new uniform on a rent-a-cop, but he's still a rent-a-cop. Mall security guards have badges and nice uniforms too. Even the mall in my hometown calls their security the "Galleria Police" :rolleyes: |
Originally Posted by HSVTSO Dean
(Post 10362281)
There has a been a whole slew of potential uniforms for TSOs over the years. Some ridiculous, some downright paramilitary. One of the original prototype designs for TSO uniform way the heck back in the day was a white button-up shirt, matched with red pants and a red suitcoat.
Another original design concept back in 2002 was standard BDU-style pants and jacket combo, only in flat gray instead of camouflage. It would have been the ultimate in utilitarian design choices, comfortable to wear and to keep clean, made for the physical work we have to do, but I'm guessing it was decided that it would have presented the wrong image to the public ;) http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/me...meo%2C_DS9.jpg Otherwise, the TSA's attrition rate would be through the roof. ;) Where did they show off these prototypes Dean? |
Originally Posted by Flaflyer
(Post 10373970)
Silly but serious question: If it is a Threat to National Security for you to leave your shirt in your car in the Secure Airport parking lot, how can you leave multiple shirts at a gasp public commercial cleaner? Do they have to press them while you wait lest the Taliban sneak in and steal them?
I drop off the clothes and pick them up a few days later, just like anyone else. |
Originally Posted by LoganTSO
Where did they show off these prototypes Dean?
Which turned out to be a bus driver uniform from VF Solutions, with some TSA patches sewn on. As Bob said on the TSA Blog: The uniforms we wore weren’t the greatest... |
I thought that colour blue looked familiar.... I stopped by McDogfood's tonight (practically no restaurants still serving food in Tampa after 11pm :mad:) and if I didn't know any better, I thought they had TSA smurfs working there! No fake badge nor ungodly-large patches on them, but they are indeed the same shade blue! Sorry, no pic, would have taken one if the Blackberry 8830 had a cam on it.
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True professionals screen bags and people wearing plain white shirts (maybe even knit shirts) and dark trousers. Like in most other countries.
Loser organizations like the TSA constantly fuss over their uniforms' appearance and the message it conveys in a desperate attempt to extract respect from the public it abuses. Sorry, TSA, you can put lipstick on the pigs and it ain't foolin' anyone. The organization is still a pig. Doesn't matter how cop-like you dress them with shoulderboards, tin badges, oversized patches and the like. |
Смурф Badges
Originally Posted by FWAAA
(Post 10386470)
The organization is still a pig. Doesn't matter how cop-like you dress them with shoulderboards, tin badges, oversized patches and the like.
Unless you believe that old saying ;) *TSA, the only organization in the world run by Creationists who call every gradual small change they make "Evolution™". |
Originally Posted by jucundus
(Post 10373595)
Going through the checkpoint at PIT today, I saw the new badge for the first time. It says "US Officer," unless I didn't notice some qualifying term.
What, exactly, is a "US Officer"? |
Originally Posted by FWAAA
(Post 10386470)
True professionals screen bags and people wearing plain white shirts (maybe even knit shirts) and dark trousers. Like in most other countries.
Loser organizations like the TSA constantly fuss over their uniforms' appearance and the message it conveys in a desperate attempt to extract respect from the public it abuses. Sorry, TSA, you can put lipstick on the pigs and it ain't foolin' anyone. The organization is still a pig. Doesn't matter how cop-like you dress them with shoulderboards, tin badges, oversized patches and the like. TSA is a worthless joke they cant even do they're jobs get them out and let some compatent people take they're place before its too late. |
Haha, I was joking at work that at least we don't look like this: http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/me...meo%2C_DS9.jpg Otherwise, the TSA's attrition rate would be through the roof. Well, it's already starting at my airport. TSOs, for some reason, strenuously object to wearing the goofy ties that now are required only with the long-sleeved shirts. When this policy came out, I predicted everyone would take to wearing only short-sleeved shirts in order to avoid the tie, which has proven correct. However, now that the weather is turning chilly, some of my co-workers are resorting to wearing their sweater vests over their short-sleeved shirts, which looks extremely ghey. Oy! |
oh after looking at the new badges, all i can think of is a line from blazing saddles. Oh yeah doing to those badges was a total power play and lame attempt to try and get some more respect. only problem is that TSA has garnered so much ill will that they will never earn any. remember you earn respect....you get common courtesy. and only that if your professional.
I sent a copy of the image to a friend of mine in the phillipines and he said that they could have exact replicas made and ready in 1 day. |
Originally Posted by Scubatooth
(Post 10402469)
I sent a copy of the image to a friend of mine in the phillipines and he said that they could have exact replicas made and ready in 1 day.
The TSA - For Joke or Novelty Purposes Only, not to be confused with Real Security. |
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