So for those of you who have not heard yet the Transportation Security Administration or TSA has gone and pissed off the American Public again. Over the weekend in Florida TSA screeners forced a 95 year-old leukemia patient to remove her adult diaper in order to complete the pat-down procedure. On Sunday the TSA came out with their statement on the pat-down and the ending of it reads:"We have reviewed the circumstances involving this screening and determined that our officers acted professionally and according to proper procedure.”
Wait just one damn minute...it is proper procedure to fell up a 95 year old leukemia patient? After the TSA took the elderly woman into a private area, and security official came back out and told the elderly woman's daughter that her mother's Depends undergarment was wet and firm, and that they couldn't check it thoroughly. Hey TSA workers...guess what you signed up to do this job, so do it! If you are tired of hearing about stories like these in the news, then demand that things change in the policy department.
I'm sorry TSA, but this is going way to damn far. When was the last time a TSA worker caught a terrorist? Answer: NEVER a TSA worker has never caught a terrorist.
I had an experience similar to this one time coming back from Midland, Texas to Houston. My wife, daughter and I went to see my wife's father in Midland for Thanksgiving. Getting on the flight here in Houston was a breeze, and most parents know how hard it could be with a toddler and a car seat that needed to be gate checked. Getting ready to come back going through security in Midland, my daughter's car seat gets red flagged for "explosive material." So your's truly has to get a pat down, I was not about to allow my wife or my daughter to get patted down. Everything checked out, must have been some fertilizer that rubbed off on some pants.
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