The holiday season is quickly approaching. People will be returning home to enjoy Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa with their family and friends.
Most of these people will be traveling by airplane.
Most of these people will be traveling by airplane.
So, you arrive at the airport, luggage in tow. Hustle your way through the crowd and get your boarding pass. As you wait in the insanely long line for security, the big question awaits you:
Would you like to be groped or be seen naked?
We live in a post 9/11 world people. Security in the USA is essential. As of November 2011, whole body scanners are now in every major US airport. These scanners can see right through your clothes and they take a digital picture image of all of your goody bits, baddy bits, no bits, or whatever you've got hidden underneath your clothes. The TSA says that going through these machines is completely voluntary and you CAN choose to opt out. Whoopee!
Ahhh...but beware what awaits you if you do!
The TSA has approved a new pat down procedure for people who choose to opt out of the body scanners. Gone are the days of the simple pat down with the back of the agents hands.
"Arms up, feet up, turn around, go ahead."
The agents are now authorized to use the front of their hands to feel their way around your luscious body.
They are also allowed to grab crotch now. Although some people may like that.
(Men, I'm talking to you) I don't.
(Men, I'm talking to you) I don't.
I don't know about you, but this all seems like a really fast first date to me.
I mean at least buy me dinner and some wine first! I drink Sauvingnon Blanc, thank you.
Sooo Since I'm going to the airport next week, I've though long and hard about it and I'm going for the pat down. I feel like the scanner is an extreme invasion of my privacy. Don't get me wrong!! I'm all for safety, but if I wanted to pose nude, I would have accepted that offer to audition for Playboy back in 1999!
So what do you think? Will you go for the scan or the pat down?
Oh and don't even think of refusing both or you'll end up like this man at the San Diego International Airport
Espina Negra
Both?
ReplyDeleteI'd rather not fly these days. Years ago, flying was a real treat. Now I imagine it's like being processed into a correction facility.
ReplyDeleteI rather be groped. Psychiatric services for being molested is lot cheaper than being treated for cancer. Being alive and crazy is better than being sane and dead.
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