Comments | solarbird: I HATE TSA I HATE US SECURITY PARANOIA AGH HATE

solarbird

I HATE TSA I HATE US SECURITY PARANOIA AGH HATE

Jun 08, 2009 20:23

So spazzkat pointed out - probably correctly q >_< p - that my BAND NAME gives TSA an extra EXCUSE to fuck with my travel case (and the bouzouki inside it), as in, say, KEEP IT or something else similarly idiotic. He popped out with this when he saw that I have a sticker on the top talking about Crime and the Forces of Evil tour:

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rage, rampaging idocy

Comments 15

phillipalden June 9 2009, 04:00:34 UTC

If those people didn't have TSA jobs they'd be flipping burgers at McDonalds, (the lucky ones.)

When the federal government tests the TSA (by trying to sneak weapons and explosives through, the TSA fails to catch it more often than not.

My partner calls it "bad Kabuki," and it does have that "bad theater" aspect to the whole game.

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juliansinger June 9 2009, 04:35:49 UTC

Well, that's OK, I also got through Logan security without ever once providing ID. (This was after 9/11.)

Logan is... kinda pathetic.

waysofseeing June 9 2009, 04:43:28 UTC

I've met plenty of badly trained TSA agents, but Logan remains the only airport I've been in where the agents were aggressive and incompetent. I think they recruited a bunch of ex-prison guards from Walpole right after 9/11.

In fairness, this was in 2003. I've been through Logan in the last few months & found the agents to be much more professional.

All that said: yeah, giving the agents something to attract their notice is probably a bad idea. I don't read books on religion in airports either.

leftbase June 9 2009, 04:22:03 UTC

So far, all the TSA people I've dealt with have been sensible, and I'd like to think the ones you encounter will be also. I think I'd definitely leave the Property Of sticker on at least, in case the airline "misplaces" it.

So, what are you going to do?

Anyway, have a safe trip. I wish I could take Friday off.

epawtows June 9 2009, 05:25:39 UTC

Could you cover the problem text with gaff tape or similar for travel?

lyonesse June 9 2009, 08:18:44 UTC

or edge-tape a big piece of paper around/over it, with my address or something else useful on it.

solarbird June 9 2009, 15:54:41 UTC

Yeah, I should do that. It just pisses me off. Not the your address part, of course. The other part, with the stupid and the hate.

marzipan_pig June 9 2009, 05:54:04 UTC

My mom got WW2 PTSD symptoms from dealing with TSA; once someone *makes your mom cry* it's hard to forgive them. I tried to get her to write them a letter (usually theraputic for her!) asking them to replace the perfume bottle they broke but she couldn't bring herself to do that, and she wouldn't give me the information for me to do it myself.

That also got me thinking about all of the other war survivor types having to deal with all of that every time they fly, and how totally stupid and unnecessary it is to terrorize people for no reason.