torn between seeing how this is a bad thing and my entire personal history with every single person I have ever encountered in TSA
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Carl Quintanilla
WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers, marking a major attack on worker rights.
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My mom was flying from Los Angeles to Oklahoma. Her little brother was dying of cancer, and she, because she is dumb, was bringing him pot. In her pocket.
Then she realized how stupid that was and started
"Mrs. Schoenkopf?" she hears. And she looks up up up into the sky and the 8-foot-tall TSA man is her student, from 3rd grade, from 61st Street School in what was then South Central LA. And he reaches down and hugs her in his arms
I tried to tell that story to a TSA guy at the RNC in Milwaukee, "would you like to hear a nice story about the TSA?" I asked him at some restaurant. "NO,"
The agency has the power to do good in good hands and evil in evil hands.
I have no knowledge beyond my travel experiences, but I assume that the ppl in Denver are d*cks because they have a bad local boss.
Minneapolis prob. a good boss.
Why should I get shouted at by someone just b/c they're a veteran? I've knoen a lot of vets, some of whom were really struggling. They weren't yelling at me for no reason.
this is an experience shared by most marginalized people. love to be randomly selected for additional screening. 🙃
Another time, they chucked me in a room for half an hour. When the (male) agent finally arrived to pat me down, he said “Good job. Coulda fooled me before the body scan.”
Odds are better but not perfect after bottom surgery.
I do have some ID privilege.
Still...I recently made a move that hits most of us sometime: my hip deteriorated & I went from hale to less so. 1st time trying to get a walking aid thru security I did it wrong. They helped me out when they cld have done otherwise
Big city airports north of the Manson/Nixon line (BOS, CHI, JFK EWR LGA, DTW, LAX, SFO SJC OAK, etc) I have had very few problems with TSA.
However, I don't miss travelling to Florida or IND or MCI. Their TSA agents are miserable and they take it out on us.
I've promised the kid not to get on a plane unless I absolutely have to. Unfortunately, there is guaranteed to be a funeral in KC that I have to attend, and I ain't drivin.
(In the times before unlimited data, they lost the MP3 player I depended on for my music. Then when I asked
This is a Natl Security issue.
I understand their role - not a fan.
TSA is another line of defense against human, gun, animal trafficking, terrorism +
Airport worker's conditions are not good.
HOWEVER - white supremacist/maga CHOOSE to work 4 TSA & police - AND THEY ARE @$$hole 4 no reason.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screening_Partnership_Program
I like to think that he was a “failure” and a “loser” at the TSA because he actually cared about his job & tried to do it well. This is why his instincts were so good & he was a solid (if amateur) investigator.
His colleagues probably made fun of him behind his back…