doodledee

Another trip to Kansas City and another near strip-search of terrorist suspect Dave by the TSA storm troopers at the airport. I am now 3 for 3 in the last 6 weeks. Apparently something about my dress or behavior or attitude sets off profile-based alarms with people in Missouri. Or is it Kansas? I forget.

This time I had to wait for a few minutes in the Designated Suspect Area for one of the Extreme Screeners to become available. While waiting, I talked up one of the guard ladies in an attempt to find out what specifically it was about me that was deemed so threatening.

"It's my smart mouth, isn't it?" I asked, going with my traditional Charming Jackass persona.

"The details of our screening process are available on the TSA website. That is all I'm allowed to say," she replied.

"Come on, you're just sticking it to me because I bitched about having to take my shoes off, I know how you people operate."

"The details of our screening process are available on the TSA website. That is all I'm allowed to say," she replied."

"Yeah, that's what I've heard."

And so I gave up.

But I still want to know.

Passenger Security Checkpoints [tsa]