Photo: TSA all up in your shit.

[Matariki]

[damntexdem]

1. Eat lots of beans a few hours before your flight.

jus sayin

[alfredo]

2. Better yet, a Blooming Onion from Outback. It will singe his eyebrows.

[AnArmyVeteran]

3. Wait! Don't you realize the punishment for carrying methane gas on a plane!

I love your idea though! :yourock:

[Mariana]

28. That will probably land you in jail.

I bet it would. They'd find some damn way to call it assault and lock your ass up.

[gateley]

4. My heart goes out to some of those TSA employees. We've all had a job we hated,

but can you IMAGINE? I have to WHAT?

Some probably love being able to show what important people they are by demeaning others, but I'm guessing the majority of them are whispering "oh please go through the scanner..."

[Matariki]

6. Seriously. That's the other side of this, isn't it?

A job where you have to get on your knees and grope 'the junk' of strangers who hate you.

Not healthy for anyone, or society as a whole.

[gateley]

7. People will take their hate, embarrassment, anger on on them, and that's gotta

shred their self esteem in addition to having it shredded by having to do what they do.

[Matariki]

9. That goes both ways too. They'll take their low self esteem out on travelers.

How it nearly *always* goes with people in positions of petty authority.

[gateley]

15. But times are such now that people are taking ANY job they can to provide

for their families, and a government job would seem like a score! Historically I'd agree with you, but I think those stereotypes don't apply as much any more.

As I said, I'm sure some of them LOVE pretending like they have real power, but not all.

The only interactions I've had with TSA personnel (and I was asked to empty my bag and purse) were very, I won't say pleasant, but the people were very nice and respectful As was I.

[LisaL]

11. My heart bleeds for them.

:sarcasm:

[gateley]

16. Sincerely, LisaL, I hope you never have to take such a job, then because you'll

undoubtedly encounter people like you who have no sympathy for the god-awful job you're doing to get a paycheck. Judge them individually, not as a whole.

[readmoreoften]

8. Yeah, it is not the workers' fault. It's the policy makers fault. They'll get the brunt, though.

[LisaL]

10. Do you see them quitting en masse?

[SoCalDem]

12. If they could find a better job, many probably would

:(

[LisaL]

20. Are they complaining about having to do pat downs?

[gateley]

22. How many have you spoken to? nt

[gateley]

21. Agree - and not just this job, but many awful jobs in many industries. nt

[gateley]

19. It would probably be difficult to quit a government job with benefits in this

economic climate.

I know of many people who are stuck in jobs they can't stand because they're afraid of the alternatives. Don't you?

[veganlush]

5. wow. n/t.

[okieinpain]

13. oh that's not bad. me personally i say just have everyone come

to the airport naked and you can get dressed after they've checked everything. the lines would move a lot faster and probably a lot more people would travel by plane.

[Matariki]

14. You're joking.

[okieinpain]

26. not really, some of those crazy europeans go to the beach naked

why not adopt that idea and apply it to the boarding the plane problem. hey to me the human body is a wonderful thing.

[Matariki]

27. Yeah, the human body IS wonderful. So is human dignity.

Seriously, there is a HUGE difference between choosing to go to a nude beach and being stripped naked and treated like a criminal.

Surely you are smart enough to realize that difference.

[gateley]

23. If I had the body I had 30 years ago... Just my birthday suit and my stilettos. nt

[okieinpain]

24. there is probably nothing wrong with your body now. quit be so

judgemental. hahahahaha....

[gateley]

25. I'd probably be moved to the front of the line! nt

[TexasObserver]

17. Johnny Carson had a great line about "frontier proctology."

Too bad he's not alive today to comment on this.

[onethatcares]

18. "honey, you can't believe the dayI had

the first guy got a woodie and the second just smiled"

"I think I need a drink, and don't say nothin bout it being a stiff one":woohoo: