[monksy]

Continue to opt-out. It annoys the TSA. That's a good thing. I do it if I'm "required" to go through the body scanner.

[jshevek]

Thank you for doing your part. Every time you opt out, people may notice. The more you opt out, the more you may inspire others to do so. The parent's argument is a self fulfilling prophecy.

[monksy]

When I do, it really break's people's pattern because they think I'm waiting to go through the scanner. I'm just waiting beside of it like I'm told.

[mindslight]

"Are you waiting?" "Oh, no. I'm not going in that thing"

[mindslight]

It's also a good way to put totalitarianism on display out in the open, rather than letting it lurk quietly. It's amazing how nobody wants to make eye contact with you as you're being groped and fondled.

[monksy]

Eh, it's amusing. Treat it like a massage and realize they're going to reach in your waistband. It's not really a big deal.

[pdonis]

> It annoys the TSA.

No, it doesn't. It annoys all the other travelers whom you are inconveniencing by slowing down the screening process. The TSA people who screen you are just going to follow their standard procedures in response to whatever you do; it's all the same to them.

[monksy]

Have you opted out? 9/10 times the male assist is annoyed to do that.

[pdonis]

> 9/10 times the male assist is annoyed to do that.

The individual person who has to screen you might be annoyed at that moment, yes, since the procedure they now have to execute is more complicated. That doesn't mean "TSA" is annoyed. To that individual person, you are just one of many transitory annoyances that are part of a normal day at work.