How to look after old people - name_withheld
July 11, 2008
I was in Dallas to switch planes, I went outside only to come back to a security line that was 50 yards long. So I grudgingly hopped into line. As I finally approached the metal detectors, I noticed an older gentleman pleading with the TSA to let him bypass the line.
He looked like Wilford Brimley and was walking on the support of two canes. On top of that, his eyes were red and he looked troubled, yet the TSA agent was a total harpy and refused him.
I told him to cut in front of me, the look of gratitude he gave was palpable enough that NOBODY behind me bitched. His son was in ICU after having a heart attack at the age of 30 and flipping his jeep and he was desperate to get to his side.
Then to make matters worse, they pulled him aside for search, made him stand in the center in the TSA mushpot, TOOK his canes and made him stand there and wait.
So thank you TSA for allowing me the opportunity to witness low level trumped up guards strip a man of his dignity in public.
He looked like Wilford Brimley and was walking on the support of two canes. On top of that, his eyes were red and he looked troubled, yet the TSA agent was a total harpy and refused him.
I told him to cut in front of me, the look of gratitude he gave was palpable enough that NOBODY behind me bitched. His son was in ICU after having a heart attack at the age of 30 and flipping his jeep and he was desperate to get to his side.
Then to make matters worse, they pulled him aside for search, made him stand in the center in the TSA mushpot, TOOK his canes and made him stand there and wait.
So thank you TSA for allowing me the opportunity to witness low level trumped up guards strip a man of his dignity in public.
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