My deposition ended in just enough time for me to catch an earlier flight back home than scheduled. But my suit today has all the metal parts: suspenders and tie bar and cuff links so I set off the metal detector. That meant I could either wrestle out of my suspenders or get a pat down. I elected the latter.
The TSA agent was friendly and complimented my shirt. He was efficient, humorous, firm yet gentle. No, no, no, I’m kidding. Here’s the punch line: he did not touch my junk.
I guess it went smoothly because I wasn’t a jerk and neither was he. I still don’t know, though, whether I’d object or acquiesce if put on the spot. My experience twenty minutes ago suggests a result that may be less steel-spined than my idealized vision of myself.
(This is intended to be a mini post but my cell phone editor has made making that designation non-obvious. So if someone could edit this to be of mini-post status it would be much appreciated. TIA, BL.)
If they touch my junk, I like to yell out, “Let’s get a room!” twice fairly quickly, and loud enough to make heads turn.
You should try it sometime.Report
Do not mess with those TSA types. Anywhere near that line is a joke-free zone.Report
Well, the correct response is “bad touch!”Report
I like this t-shirt.
I wouldn’t wear it to the airport, mind…Report
I went through the pat-down once. I lost my drivers license in the terminal and found out in the security line with a few minutes to go before boarding, with my wife and baby daughter in tow. I had to talk the guy into letting me through, which he only did with ‘enhanced screening’.
I felt responsible enough that I would never complain about it; but if they’d told me they needed to do it to baby girl, I am not sure I would have been able to manage myself.Report
Hey Burt – how do you mark it as an ‘off-the-cuff’ post? I tried selecting that tag and it didn’t work.Report
There’s a box on the right that says “this is a mini-post”. Check the box.Report
Gee, the TSA guys were respectful of a well-dressed white male lawyer? I’m shocked.Report