Is that a drumstick in your pants or are you just glad to see me?
Propelled by the new viral video where dude proclaims "If you touch my junk, I will have you arrested" to the TSA guy, there is a growing backlash against these full body scanners or the full body pat downs at some airports. Because we need the extra precautions if we want to fly safely.
And of course Thanksgiving and the upcoming Christmas break are BIG flying holidays, there are going to be many who will discover the joys of the full body pat downs for the first time. Lucky them.
This will likely end up in a MUCH discussed argument over basic dignity and rights of travelers VS the right to be safe in the air. It seems that airlines have gone out of their way to make flying the LAST option for travel, what with higher costs, seemingly smaller seats and aisles, charges for baggage, crazy flight attendants (see Steven Slater) and downright rude passengers.
So..I guess we just have to make the best of it. If you are traveling by air this holiday season, just prepare yourself for the indignity of it all, and keep in mind the smiling faces of family and friends as the world is exposed to your innards on the scan, or as grandma gets felt up for the first time since WWII.
Hmmmm Greyhound is starting to sound pretty good afterall.
Happy Thanksgiving !!!
Mark Stevens
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