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Harry Reid wants TSA agents to "smile and say 'Hello' "
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said Wednesday that he plans to write a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and ask her to tell airport security workers to be nicer to international travelers.
"She can instruct everybody that works at TSA to smile and say, 'Hello,'?" Reid said of Transportation Security Administration employees who have a reputation for giving travelers a hard time.
It's a small, friendly gesture, but Reid said he learned during a private meeting with Nevada gaming, business and tourism leaders that international travelers often complain about their treatment by U.S. workers, whether at security gates or while applying for tourist visas that can take six months to get.
"People who work for our government have to be able to do it with a smile on their face," he said.
Reid's comments came at a news conference after a 90-minute strategy session led by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. The secretary met with several dozen Southern Nevada leaders to discuss ways to boost travel and tourism in the region and in the United States. Gov. Brian Sandoval also attended.
Re: Harry Reid wants TSA agents to "smile and say 'Hello' "
It's a great day in south carolina!
If I were TSA I wouldn't want to smile, either. Also I want TSA to go away. A smile isn't going to make the invasion of privacy any better. Dinner and a drink might, after all that groping, but not a platitude with a smile.
Pretty much this.
In fact, smiling would make it worse. I like to pretend they are as miserable as I am, as it is the only way to deal. If they look like they are having a good time, well, that's just gross.
Awww now. Don't be like that. We just want to smile at you before we make you bend over and take it and send you through the EZ Porn Oven. Consider it to be foreplay.
So if you're a domestic traveler, you still get treated like shiiit while you get your 4th amendment rights violated?
But Baby, we just smiled at you! It's ok. Now, show me what you werkin' wit!
I find US immigration officials to be much less friendly than those in other countries--including countries under US sanctions that I've entered with an American passport. Security less so, but with few exceptions I never have to talk to airport security personnel in foreign countries the way you have to talk to the TSA. Even in notoriously corrupt, militarily governed counties they seem to have gotten the memo that you treat foreigners well at the airport.
I've gone through Amsterdam a couple of times, and I've always thought they were pretty awesome. I'll be going through there again this summer, so I'll have to see if my theory holds up.
really? The customs agents we interacted with in January there were srsly grumpypants. The folks in Spain were nice. The US people were just needlessly assholish - like they were on a sort of sad powertrip. But the Amsterdam guys were just...scowly.
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