TSA Dumb, Traveler Dumber
Going viral yesterday was an article about a woman who discovered a note scrawled on a TSA search form in her luggage. A suspicious object was observed in the suitcase, you see. An object with batteries, wires, a motor stuffed inside a tube. It was the woman's mechanical companion, and it was accompanying it's master to Ireland.
The as yet unidentified TSA screener was apparently delighted with the discovery of the animatronic device, and scrawled a somewhat rude phrase of encouragement...more or less.
The traveler, apparently being not bashful about her traveling companion, tweeted about the note she got in her luggage. After that, it was only a matter of time before the news landed on Drudge's website, and hundreds of millions of people learned that Jill Filipovic gets her groove on with electro-mechanical assistance. She seems ok with that, but personally, it's way too much info for me.
Anyway, it strikes me as kinda stupid to be traveling during these days of super intrusive searches with an item that could wind up being the source of huge embarrassment. It's also kinda stupid, and certainly unprofessional, for a TSA agent to abuse their position, and leave the comment that was left behind.
Of course, there are worse things that can happen to you while traveling...
Update: The TSA ferreted out the miscreant employee who left the note in Ms. Filipovic's luggage and took 'appropriate' disciplinary action (a group high-five perhaps?). Meantime, the Feminista blogger seems to tweet some regret at tweeting about it in the first place. I guess I am relieved to some extent, because heretofore I did not realize that feminists unabashedly whip out the dildo like Luke Skywalker his light saber to do battle with the dark forces like the TSA. Like I said - WAAAY too much info. Way.
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