11-19-2010, 12:23 PM
Since my artificial hips set off standard detectors every time, I got to experience the "government grope" pat-down a couple of weeks ago. The only way to make it less humiliating is to imagine how humiliating it is for the TSA agent who has to feel up Aunt Tilly or Uncle Fred. As for other TSA advice: try to get in line behind someone who looks like a frequent flier (and therefore knows what he or she is doing) make sure all your liquids and gels are in the proper size bottle and in the quart-sized Ziploc bag, be prepared to take off your shoes and belt, and above all, follow the advice that my first grade teacher, Sister Mary Bridget, always gave us: "Accept adversity cheerfully and sacrifice your suffering for the poor pagan babies..." (BTW, I am probably now officially a pagan baby myself...)