TSA Opens Blog — You Can Finally Complain

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The TSA has opened their own blog. According to Ars Technica, it's beginning to attract complaints from people who are sick of removing their shoes and having to forfeit their drinks. 'The blog's first post has 131 comments so far, almost all of which fall into one of two categories: TSA employees who got the internal memo about the blog launch and dropped by to post positive things, and citizens who are really mad about the liquids screening policy.'"

Comments

Re:Do you think they really care?

[Anonymous Coward]

For the love of all that is holy. When French security is more intimidating and professional looking than your own, you know that you've made a mistake along the way that doesn't bode well.

Spoken like a true American fucktard.

No one offer any responsible suggestions, please

[Kohath]

Definitely complain about the TSA. Please don't offer any responsible suggestions or anything that might solve any problems.

It's important to remember that no one can ever hold a complainer responsible for any outcome. Complainers have no duty. Complainers need not be realistic -- nor do they need to acknowledge any reality at all. Complainers need not weigh the pros and cons of different choices. And even if they do, complainers don't have to weigh them honestly.

You too can be free from responsible adulthood. Now the TSA has a blog so you can complain.

Anonymous says...

[Jeian]

I'm seeing a lot of "Anonymous says" in the comments... is Anonymous going to war with the DHS as well?

Liquid ban has nothing to do with security

[rtechie]

The liquids ban has nothing to do with security. Basically, they don't want you pissing during the flights. Each flush of the onboard toilet costs the airlines around $500. A friend reported to me that China Air now bans liquids on flights, PERIOD. Can't bring anything on the plane, can't buy anything on the plane.

Re:Liquid ban has nothing to do with security

[rtechie]

Each flush costs a few mWh's of electricity and a pint of disinfectant. Plus the wear and tear on the expensive equipment. Frankly, it seems a little excessive to me as well. I'm just repeating what I've heard from airline staff.

If the airlines didn't want you to flush, then why on earth do they serve free beverages? Because if they didn't offer beverages people would complain bitterly. Some might even suffer injury due to dehydration. There is now a hard limit on the number of beverages they will serve on most airlines, I think 2 per person for short flights and 3 per person for long flights.

Re:Comments

[Anonymous Coward]

uh, no. you're wrong and the fags who modded you up are wrong. being wrong seems to be what slashdot is all about anymore. i'm surprised that anyone even bothers with this place anymore. oh that's right, because you're all feeding off the two minute hate that gets posted here daily. cmdrdildo and kdawson have you licking their nutsack, looking for the next boogeyman, while the rest of the world leads normal lives.

Re:Haven't flown since before 9/11

[justthinkit]

or

c. Because there are no white elephant asbestos-filled buildings in need of an extreme makeover by an owner who would figured out a way to make $7B on his $15M investment at the same time at the moment.