Comments on: Anonymous TSA "insider" blog http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/anonymous-tsa-insider-blog.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 08:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/anonymous-tsa-insider-blog.html#comment-1614919 Cowicide Mon, 24 Dec 2012 04:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201953#comment-1614919 That was greater. ^-^ That was greater. ^-^

]]> By: LinkMan http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/anonymous-tsa-insider-blog.html#comment-1614897 LinkMan Mon, 24 Dec 2012 03:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201953#comment-1614897  The proper response isn't "I can handle it." It's "DO YOU WANT TO FLY TODAY?!"  The proper response isn’t “I can handle it.”

It’s “DO YOU WANT TO FLY TODAY?!”

]]> By: Jimichan http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/anonymous-tsa-insider-blog.html#comment-1614678 Jimichan Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201953#comment-1614678 Almost laughed out loud when I discovered that the author must be a Frank Zappa fan! Check out the "Great googly moogly!" in the reponse to "What really happens in the TSA private room?" Almost laughed out loud when I discovered that the author must be a Frank Zappa fan!
Check out the “Great googly moogly!” in the reponse to “What really happens in the TSA private room?”

]]> By: salsaman http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/anonymous-tsa-insider-blog.html#comment-1614621 salsaman Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201953#comment-1614621 Great blog!  Hilarious and insightful, fascinating... I don't like the TSA show but if I'm not hopelessly late, I will politely ask not to be scanned and BOOM: FREE MASSAGE!!  People you are NOT getting your money's worth if you're not getting the blue glove butt rubbing.  Instead of them giggling at your nakedness in the control room, you get a nice moment aside-- so spa like, shoes off and everything. Head massage too, arms and legs... relax, it's quite nice! I've been polite to them every time, and they've been polite to me every time.  Only once did an agent asked me why I didn't like the scanner, telling me it was safe (while doing the pat down).  I said, "if it's NOT like a naked picture of me, why can't you show me what it is?" And he said "Well... I see your point." Show people some respect, and save the outrage for the occasional actual TSA super fuckup.  Oh-- and write your representatives. Great blog!  Hilarious and insightful, fascinating…

I don’t like the TSA show but if I’m not hopelessly late, I will politely ask not to be scanned and BOOM: FREE MASSAGE!!  People you are NOT getting your money’s worth if you’re not getting the blue glove butt rubbing.  Instead of them giggling at your nakedness in the control room, you get a nice moment aside– so spa like, shoes off and everything. Head massage too, arms and legs… relax, it’s quite nice!

I’ve been polite to them every time, and they’ve been polite to me every time.  Only once did an agent asked me why I didn’t like the scanner, telling me it was safe (while doing the pat down).  I said, “if it’s NOT like a naked picture of me, why can’t you show me what it is?” And he said “Well… I see your point.”

Show people some respect, and save the outrage for the occasional actual TSA super fuckup.  Oh– and write your representatives.

]]> By: Florian Bösch http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/anonymous-tsa-insider-blog.html#comment-1614618 Florian Bösch Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201953#comment-1614618 A very nice lady... TSA... I give that employment a half-life of 3 months tops. A very nice lady… TSA… I give that employment a half-life of 3 months tops.

]]> By: bolamig http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/anonymous-tsa-insider-blog.html#comment-1614603 bolamig Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201953#comment-1614603 "Run the Cat Through the X-Ray" is a good metaphor for what the TSA is doing. “Run the Cat Through the X-Ray” is a good metaphor for what the TSA is doing.

]]> By: novium http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/anonymous-tsa-insider-blog.html#comment-1614558 novium Sun, 23 Dec 2012 04:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201953#comment-1614558 It turns out I was actually thinking of this one: https://takingsenseaway.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/confession-x-the-things-they-ran-through-the-xray/ It turns out I was actually thinking of this one: https://takingsenseaway.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/confession-x-the-things-they-ran-through-the-xray/

]]> By: LogrusZed http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/anonymous-tsa-insider-blog.html#comment-1614503 LogrusZed Sat, 22 Dec 2012 23:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201953#comment-1614503 Education levels have very little to do with how assholish someone is going to be when put into a position of, essentially, unchecked authority. The only thing a good education might enable in such a circumstance is how good someone is at hiding their assholish-ness. Which is possibly an improvement since I couldn't possibly care less about what people have to say about my cottage-cheese ass if I don't notice them saying it. Education levels have very little to do with how assholish someone is going to be when put into a position of, essentially, unchecked authority.

The only thing a good education might enable in such a circumstance is how good someone is at hiding their assholish-ness. Which is possibly an improvement since I couldn’t possibly care less about what people have to say about my cottage-cheese ass if I don’t notice them saying it.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/anonymous-tsa-insider-blog.html#comment-1614418 Cowicide Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201953#comment-1614418 Ah, found that here: https://takingsenseaway.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/all-the-airports-a-security-stage/ That was great. Ah, found that here:
https://takingsenseaway.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/all-the-airports-a-security-stage/

That was great.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/anonymous-tsa-insider-blog.html#comment-1614327 oasisob1 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201953#comment-1614327 TSA insider jargon ("BBC: Bogus Bag Check") I think the term you're looking for is just "Bag Check". They're all bogus. TSA insider jargon (“BBC: Bogus Bag Check”)

I think the term you’re looking for is just “Bag Check”. They’re all bogus.

]]> By: rattypilgrim http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/anonymous-tsa-insider-blog.html#comment-1614168 rattypilgrim Sat, 22 Dec 2012 06:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201953#comment-1614168 I was going to comment but frankly, it's just getting too depressing. I'm speechless. I was going to comment but frankly, it’s just getting too depressing. I’m speechless.

]]> By: novium http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/anonymous-tsa-insider-blog.html#comment-1614164 novium Sat, 22 Dec 2012 06:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201953#comment-1614164 Confession #1 (I think that was it) had me laughing so hard I was nearly sobbing. Confession #1 (I think that was it) had me laughing so hard I was nearly sobbing.

]]> By: Mitch_M http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/anonymous-tsa-insider-blog.html#comment-1614086 Mitch_M Sat, 22 Dec 2012 03:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201953#comment-1614086 A very nice lady I was taking to the mall mentioned that she was just hired by the TSA. I said "Are you sure you want to deal with people being mean to you?" She said she could handle it. A very nice lady I was taking to the mall mentioned that she was just hired by the TSA. I said “Are you sure you want to deal with people being mean to you?” She said she could handle it.

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