R.I.P. Scout26
The only bad thing on our trip was [the] TSA at the Savannah train station. There were about 14 agents pulling people inside the building and coralling everyone in a roped area after you got off the train. This made no sense! Poor family in front of us! 9-year old getting patted down and wanded. They groped our people too and were very unprofessional. I am all about security, but when have you ever been harassed and felt up getting off a plane? Shouldn't they be doing that getting on? And they wonder why so many people are mad at them.
The stupidity of this incident, TSA pushing the security theater boundaries this far, makes me wonder when we'll start seeing security checkpoints on the Interstates. Will they eventually take that concern out of the realm of tinfoil hattery?
Wait a minute... running security screenings as they were getting OFF the train?? Color me stupid, but... Brad
Well, if I was going to do something, you know, stupid, chances are I'd do it while I was still ON the train, not after I'd gotton off. What's next, airport security checks station as you exit the plane?Brad
As much crap as they miss going on the plane why not?
Holy Flaming Mohammed on a Pogo Stick, don't give them any more stupid ideas....
What's next, airport security checks station as you exit the plane?
It makes sense. That is when I get my random alcohol and drug testing done... right after I flew 155 people across the country for five hours, in the middle of the night. Its for the children!
Not stupid. Just sheepishly naive. TSA = Grooming apparatus for the acceptance of a Police State.
Well, if I was going to do something, you know, stupid, chances are I'd do it while I was still ON the train, not after I'd gotton off. What's next, airport security checks station as you exit the plane?
As a member of the Faith of the Eternally Rebounding and Sizzling Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him), I take offense at your mockery.
megatons of snark here
To Quote Tamara: in the comments:http://www.saysuncle.com/2011/02/23/getting-back-at-tsa/
Eh, that's it, from here on out I hitchhike at night. It's safer and I'm less likely to get groped.
Hawkmoon - Never underestimate another person's capacity for stupidity. Any time you think someone can't possibly be that dumb ... they'll prove you wrong.
Viking - The problem with the modern world is that there aren't really any predators eating stupid people.
The teams provide a random high-visibility surge into a transit system and work with state and local security, and law enforcement officials to expand the unpredictability of security measures to detect, deter, disrupt or defeat potential criminal and/or terrorist operations.
Now mission creep, as we all knew.