TSA Worker Jailed In Body Scan Rage Incident

A TSA worker in Miami was arrested for aggravated battery after he attacked a co-worker for making fun of the size of his genitals. Rolando Negrin walked through one of the new body scanners during a recent training session and a supervisor started making fun of his manhood. From the article: "According to the police report, Negrin confronted one of his co-workers in an employee parking lot, where he hit him with a police baton on the arm and back."

Comments

good idea there, buddy

[jollyreaper]

If you just shrugged it off then only your coworkers would know you have a small dick. Now the whole world knows.

Re:good idea there, buddy

[sznupi]

The best part is that this story plays nicely with one opinion about such institutions, popular here and there - that working for TSA appeals to people who need to compensate for their emotional insecurity.

Re:good idea there, buddy

[butterflysrage]

and these are the kinds of people who will be looking at what are basically naked pictures of your kids? how is this a good idea again?

Re:good idea there, buddy

[jkauzlar]

thanks to the scanners, it also now appeals to perverts, wankers and child molesters

Re:good idea there, buddy

[iamhassi]

"Now the whole world knows."

Yep, and judging by how willing the supervisor was to make fun of his own co-worker, can you imagine what they'll say or do with your scans? Or your wife's scans? Or your children's scans?

If they can't keep their own people from cracking jokes and heads, what hope is there for the rest of us?

Re:good idea there, buddy

[tiptone]

Yeah right. Celebrities won't be forced to go through these things.

Re:good idea there, buddy

[dollarwizard]

If you just shrugged it off then only your coworkers would know you have a small dick. Now the whole world knows.

When a women is subjected to a hostile work environment, she might be told, "If you just shrugged it off then only your coworkers would know you are a slut. Now the whole world knows."

Clearly if this is said to a woman, then it is a blame-the-victim mentality and is wrong. It should also be wrong in this case, when it's a man who suffers from a hostile work environment.

Re:good idea there, buddy

[Anonymous Coward]

What most people here seem to be missing is that this incident didn't happen out of thin air (incidents like these almost never do). A SUPERVISOR was harassing him on the job, and instead of the supervisor being fired and arrested, the police, like is usual in cases of harassment, arrest the victim. According to the victim,

he had been made fun of by coworkers on a daily basis

Of course the victim of the harassment could have filed a formal complaint, but everybody knows how that always turns out. At the most he would be laughed at, but really, it's the harassers word against the harassed.

It's sad and pathetic that everybody here on Slashdot seems to be pointing the blame on the victim, like is always the case when it comes to school shootings and workplace shootings. When everybody is against you then violence almost always seems the logical solution. Of course I don't expect the supervisor or the Human Resource Manager who carefully selected these assholes to be fired or charged with harassment or human rights violations, because it's not the neoconservative thing to do. Violence is cool and if you can't take daily jokes then... you must be weak in the head. But that logic, in my experience, comes from hypocrisy.

Those co-workers should just be glad that he didn't show up the next day with an automatic rifle and a duffel bag full of ammunition. What goes around comes around. Work place mobbing should not be tolerated, and the supervisor and HR Manager should, at the VERY LEAST, be fired immediately.

As he was beating the victim...

[2names]

The attacker said, "my rod feels pretty damn big now, doesn't it? [thump] Huh? [whack] You like this big rod? [thump whack]"

Note to self:

[wiredog]

Bring bratwurst when flying.

1 Month after the institute this system...

[sir lox elroy]

If the institute this system I give it a month before we start seeing real "naked" pictures of celebrities online taken with the TSA employee's camera phones.

Re:And we expect them to behave LATER?

[Locke2005]

No, we cannot expect TSA employees with a proven track record of acting like 10 year old boys to later respect the dignity and rights of passengers. I say fire the entire crew.

Nice punchline

[Ambiguous Coward]

But if this latest incident is any indication, the scanners sound like good news for anti-terrorism and bad news for less-than-average men.

So what you're saying, NBC, is that the only people who would complain about this invasive technology are terrorists and guys with small dicks?

Well done.

After a year of solid teasing, he lost it.

[gotpoetry]

As usual there is more to the story. TFA fails to mention that he was teased about it for a solid year before he decided to take action.

Rolando Negrin was exposed to fellow Transportation Security Administration (TSA) operatives' ridicule during training on the body scanners, when they copped an eyeful of his "private body parts".

Cue a year of ribbing, until Negrin attacked one of his tormentors with a baton in the airport's employee parking lot on Tuesday. In the arrest report. Negrin claims he "could not take the jokes any more and lost his mind".

Re:After a year of solid teasing, he lost it.

[Joe U]

A full year?

Ok, at that point, you get to break his legs.

On a slightly more serious note, Negrin should have sued for sexual harassment. The end result would have been much more entertaining for him.

Re:It's News, but...

[Gorkamecha]

It highlights the personality types of the people we've trusted with this technology. It additionally demonstrates that there is enough private information shared by the device to create a uncomfortable breach of privacy.

So full of win.

[Ransak]

As a frequent flyer, I love this story. If anything was going to lend credence to the inappropriateness of these scanners in a lawsuit, this is. A TSA supervisor making fun of genitals now a matter of public record? So... much... legal... win...

Re:Notice how the media implies it's okay.

[iamhassi]

National Lampoon's Vacation 2010

(teenage daughter walks through scanner)
TSA man: (previously bored, now looks suddenly excited) Um, ma'am, I'm going to need you to go back through the scanner (reaching in pocket)
Daughter: (rolling eyes) Fine whatever (walks back in)
TSA man: (pulls cellphone out of pocket, taking pictures of screen) Yeah that's good, stop right there and slowly turn around.
(daughter turning)
(another TSA man walks over)
2nd TSA man: Wow! (reaches in pocket, pulls out cellphone, snaps photos)
(daughter still turning, crowd of TSA employees gather, all taking photos and mumbles of approval)
Father: is everything ok?
TSA man: Um, yeah, but I'm going to need your daughter's cell phone number in case we find something later after reviewing the scan in more detail.
(daughter exits scanner)
Father: is that necessary?
TSA man: (looking stern) Oh? Do we have a problem here? (motions towards two armed airport security guards)
Father: (looking suprised) NO No, no problem at all! Here's her number, call anytime
TSA man: (looking satisfied) Thank you for complying. Who's next?
(people in line look worryingly at each other as if no one wants to go, one person lowers head and begrudgingly steps forward toward the scanner)