I’m generally happy with the behavior of TSA agents towards me. I’m pretty easy going and friendly. Have been patted down and no big deal.
Today I’m in a rush. Passport in hand, but boarding pass in my bag. Set the passport on the agents desk and dig out my boarding pass. Put it on the scanner. Agent is sitting there with her hand out, says “hand me your passport.” I do, all good.
So, did I somehow offend her? Was she just enforcing her authority to make me do what she wanted? Is there some protocol that I don’t know about? Can’t imagine that in the hundreds of times I’ve flown since we started the whole TSA thing that I’ve just happened to hand my passport to the agent every time.
If there is a reason I’d like to understand, if she’s just being a witch next time I’ll know to stand there and look stupid.
Today I’m in a rush. Passport in hand, but boarding pass in my bag. Set the passport on the agents desk and dig out my boarding pass. Put it on the scanner. Agent is sitting there with her hand out, says “hand me your passport.” I do, all good.
So, did I somehow offend her? Was she just enforcing her authority to make me do what she wanted? Is there some protocol that I don’t know about? Can’t imagine that in the hundreds of times I’ve flown since we started the whole TSA thing that I’ve just happened to hand my passport to the agent every time.
If there is a reason I’d like to understand, if she’s just being a witch next time I’ll know to stand there and look stupid.