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Offline thundley4

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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #25 on: December 18, 2009, 12:10:32 PM »
Quote from: bkg on December 18, 2009, 11:34:20 AM
I did tell you about the dream I had about you... right?  :naughty:

About ther or her avatar?

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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2009, 12:31:24 PM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on December 18, 2009, 10:21:15 AM
I have had nothing but top class service from the TSA. Friendly & polite all the way.

I have seen alot of people get shitty with the TSA. The last time I was leaving the Vegas airport, the TSA guard was saying "go all the way down" and everyone was still trying to go to the shortest line...boy were they pissed when they found out the line was short due to the x-ray being broke.  :lmao: But then all this confusion made a huge mess, people trying to cut into line, etc...

Working with the public is not always fun.




For the most part....I haven't had anyone be rude to me.

Because I almost always get "beeped"....I wish the would just wand me instead of telling me to take off one thing at a time and keep walking through the arch.....which is why I usually just tell them...Just wand me, it will be easier and quicker for both of us.

The thing that bothers me the most about the TSA is when they go through my bags. I want them to have gloves on...always....I don't want you pawing through my clean undies with your bare hands....ick!

I also really wish they would put clean ones on each time. I know that's not practical but you just don't know what was in the previous bag those hands wandered through...ewwww.

I look at it this way....they are doing their job...I have nothing to hide....so do whatever they have to do....just be quick about it....and I'm not being rude or impolite to them and I expect them to not be rude or impolite to me.
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2009, 12:43:29 PM »
^yeah, the whole icky hands thing grosses me out!!! Esp. when they take stuff out of your bag and hold it. Ewwwwwwwwwww. I've had them remove EVERYTHING from my bag and then put it all back. Thanks a pantload there sparky! I really wanted your germy dirty gloves all over my stuff....
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #28 on: December 18, 2009, 12:52:36 PM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on December 18, 2009, 12:43:29 PM
^yeah, the whole icky hands thing grosses me out!!! Esp. when they take stuff out of your bag and hold it. Ewwwwwwwwwww. I've had them remove EVERYTHING from my bag and then put it all back. Thanks a pantload there sparky! I really wanted your germy dirty gloves all over my stuff....


Exactly.

I'm really weird about sharing some stuff. I won't share makeup under any circumstances and I really don't like to share clothes. I would give you the shirt off my back if you needed it....but chances are I wouldn't loan it to you. My runnin' buddy is the only person I will share clothes with and not have a problem with it.

Having a stranger paw through my clothes just makes my insides curl up in a most unpleasant way.   
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Just hand over the chocolate...back away slowly...far away....and you won't get hurt....

Save the Earth... it's the only planet with chocolate.

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A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands.

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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #29 on: December 18, 2009, 04:04:37 PM »
Quote from: bkg on December 18, 2009, 11:34:20 AM
I did tell you about the dream I had about you... right?  :naughty:

The one where you dressed me up in a suit like annie lenox?...I wonder about that dream... :uhsure:
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #30 on: December 18, 2009, 04:07:16 PM »
Quote from: Hawkgirl on December 18, 2009, 04:04:37 PM
The one where you dressed me up in a suit like annie lenox?...I wonder about that dream... :uhsure:

mostly focused on the undressing part.  :evillaugh:
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #31 on: December 18, 2009, 04:10:39 PM »
Quote from: bkg on December 17, 2009, 08:28:44 PM
Dunno - gave up my seat so a young couple with an infant and a baby could sit together... and ended up sitting next to a very young, very smokin' hot, very intelligent and fun... ballet dancer...  :evillaugh:

Erica?
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #32 on: December 18, 2009, 04:12:27 PM »
Quote from: Randy on December 18, 2009, 04:10:39 PM
Erica?

I think his name was Tom.  :evillaugh:
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #33 on: December 18, 2009, 04:15:11 PM »
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #34 on: December 18, 2009, 04:16:35 PM »
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #35 on: December 18, 2009, 04:21:51 PM »
Quote from: Randy on December 18, 2009, 04:16:35 PM
Blonde? Blue eyes?


Now.. light brown/Hazel..

I would have freaked!
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #36 on: December 18, 2009, 04:27:05 PM »
Quote from: bkg on December 18, 2009, 04:21:51 PM
Now.. light brown/Hazel..

I would have freaked!

You? I was starting to.  LOL

I know/knew a ballet dancer who fit your original description in Rhode Island. I was dating her mother.
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #37 on: December 18, 2009, 05:57:48 PM »
Quote from: Randy on December 18, 2009, 04:27:05 PM
You? I was starting to.  LOL

I know/knew a ballet dancer who fit your original description in Rhode Island. I was dating her mother.

What a coincidence, the young man in the next room is a dancer. unfortunately he is a tap dancer and even with carpeting he makes a lot of noise. 

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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #38 on: December 18, 2009, 06:04:14 PM »
Quote from: vesta111 on December 18, 2009, 05:57:48 PM
What a coincidence, the young man in the next room is a dancer. unfortunately he is a tap dancer and even with carpeting he makes a lot of noise. 



I'm not sure you're using the word "coincidence" correctly...
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #39 on: December 18, 2009, 06:05:42 PM »
Quote from: debk on December 18, 2009, 12:31:24 PM

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The thing that bothers me the most about the TSA is when they go through my bags. I want them to have gloves on...always....I don't want you pawing through my clean undies with your bare hands....ick!

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It's especially bad when you consider those hands have probably just pawed through some other person's dirty underwear..

In all fairness to the TSA - I didn't have any issues with them while I was in the US. I don't set off metal detectors and they've never bothered to physically search any of my carry on baggage.

Take the laptop out of the bag - put all the stuff in pockets in the tray along with the belt buckle - remove shoes and walk through. No problems.

I *did* get a secondary search in Vegas of my checked baggage - which was only an xray. They didn't even bother to open it up.
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #40 on: December 18, 2009, 06:32:52 PM »
TSA in the STL airport tonight.

INCREDIBLY polite! Kudos to them.
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #41 on: December 18, 2009, 07:03:23 PM »
Quote from: LC EFA on December 18, 2009, 06:05:42 PM
It's especially bad when you consider those hands have probably just pawed through some other person's dirty underwear..

In all fairness to the TSA - I didn't have any issues with them while I was in the US. I don't set off metal detectors and they've never bothered to physically search any of my carry on baggage.

Take the laptop out of the bag - put all the stuff in pockets in the tray along with the belt buckle - remove shoes and walk through. No problems.

I *did* get a secondary search in Vegas of my checked baggage - which was only an xray. They didn't even bother to open it up.

So who is actually watching the EX-ray when stuff goes flowing through.?

You can hire people, put them in a uniform, show them a dozen films on securirty and pay them minimum wage.  

After 8 mind numbing hours the workers are  tired and want to go home.  

Want to get past the intrusive stuff, go through at the time about one hour before shift change.

If you are a bad guy or woman with bombs or contraband, that is the time to to just sail through any  stop points.

Unfortunately , most problerms are discoverd by accident.   A new guy on the job, one that has not been become bain dead from  looking at what is normal to say a 20 year old with denture cream in their carry on bag.

Time for ligthts out, the tap dancer is still doin his thing and stretching  in the hall.

Me, I am trying to make sence out out of why  I am the only person here that knows I am nuts and evryone else  is told they are normal.









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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #42 on: December 18, 2009, 07:15:44 PM »
Quote from: vesta111 on December 18, 2009, 07:03:23 PM
So who is actually watching the EX-ray when stuff goes flowing through.?

You can hire people, put them in a uniform, show them a dozen films on securirty and pay them minimum wage.  

After 8 mind numbing hours the workers are  tired and want to go home.  

Want to get past the intrusive stuff, go through at the time about one hour before shift change.

If you are a bad guy or woman with bombs or contraband, that is the time to to just sail through any  stop points.

Unfortunately , most problerms are discoverd by accident.   A new guy on the job, one that has not been become bain dead from  looking at what is normal to say a 20 year old with denture cream in their carry on bag.

Time for ligthts out, the tap dancer is still doin his thing and stretching  in the hall.

Me, I am trying to make sence out out of why  I am the only person here that knows I am nuts and evryone else  is told they are normal.











Vesta, they change out on the x-ray on a pretty regular basis (every 30 minutes in fact).  It's not like they sit there for 8 hours straight.  They also make a lot better than minimum wage.
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #43 on: December 18, 2009, 09:06:48 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on December 18, 2009, 07:15:44 PM
Vesta, they change out on the x-ray on a pretty regular basis (every 30 minutes in fact).  It's not like they sit there for 8 hours straight.  They also make a lot better than minimum wage.

They're government union employees now. They are "professional".... *snicker*
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #44 on: December 19, 2009, 03:02:42 AM »
Quote from: Schadenfreude on December 18, 2009, 05:47:14 AM
LOL Deb!

The last time I went down to visit BEG, I was with my 10 year old daughter. I just don't fly often, maybe once a year or so. I was attempting to smuggle contraband in my carry on. Surely you don't think I can travel without my products?

Anyway, the alarms went off. Sophia went through the line first and she was greeted by a really handsome TSA agent who asked if the bag was hers. She said, "nope, it's my mom's". He gave me a sideways look and then looked back at her and said "I'm going to have to teach your mom a lesson". Strip search?  :hyper: Well, no, not today. So I went to his "table" where he gingerly moved my lacy underthings to get to the "goods". He examined every fl. oz of every shampoo, lotion, and liquid. He threw most of it away, but he let me "keep" some of my Victoria Secret lotions which were just on the border of being legal.

Then I got the lecture and I think he enjoyed dominating me.... I sort of enjoyed being dominated by another person for once, truth be told.   :lmao:



Is that when you busted out in a Gaga move and sang:

I want your horror
I want your design
'Cause you're a criminal
As long as your mine

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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #45 on: December 19, 2009, 05:15:55 AM »
Quote from: crockspot on December 19, 2009, 03:02:42 AM
Is that when you busted out in a Gaga move and sang:

I want your horror
I want your design
'Cause you're a criminal
As long as your mine

???

You are classic.  :evillaugh:
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #46 on: December 19, 2009, 04:33:08 PM »
Didn't have too much problem in Boston getting through, aside from the non-English speaking family holding up the line.  I can only hope my travel through security tomorrow will be equally smooth.

QOTD: If a grapefruit holds more than 3.5 ounces of juice, is that a violation?  I'm taking several in my carry-on.
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #47 on: December 20, 2009, 07:35:54 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on December 19, 2009, 04:33:08 PM
Didn't have too much problem in Boston getting through, aside from the non-English speaking family holding up the line.  I can only hope my travel through security tomorrow will be equally smooth.

QOTD: If a grapefruit holds more than 3.5 ounces of juice, is that a violation?  I'm taking several in my carry-on.

You should be allowed to keep the fruit.
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Re: Threatened by the TSA....
« Reply #48 on: December 21, 2009, 10:59:26 AM »
Quote from: rich_t on December 20, 2009, 07:35:54 AM
You should be allowed to keep the fruit.

Yep--no problems.  Now I have a half-dozen grapefruit in my kitchen.  Yum.
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