11-20-2010, 06:47 PM
Macuu writes: 'm on the TSA list for part time employment at Hilo Airport. Have been since they advertised for part time help back in 2005. I passed the test and everything...just waiting for a call to start work. I had brown hair back then....now it's gray....wondering if I'll have any hair by the time they call me.....LOL
ME: If you do, don't wear it in a ponytail! Some disenchanted traveler may pull it clean off your head! I think, just as a 'local' matter, it behooves all of us, regardless of our personal opinions, to remember, the agents doing their job, are doing a job, trying to make a living and dealing with the indignant travelers among us -- and I include myself [My experience with Boston TSA is well documented on my blog site from 2009 with reference to the TSA's response] http://www.write-matters.com/2009/07/iss...eness.html
The only unpleasant experience I have had in the whole state was on Oahu and during a time when I had to wear a back brace. If it hadn't been for the man behind me who distracted the TSA agents after it was obvious the young man who was insisting I remove the brace and proceed through the line was not going to let me proceed without removing it thereby further injuring my back...I'd have probably wound up in the hospital and Honolulu Airport with the bill. The man behind me was big, loud voice and lost his patience with the little guy who was provoking me . But, one bad experience out of the many many many times with none and in fact most of the time in Honolulu the entertainment by the TSA agents is very stress breaking for people standing in the lines.
Hopefully, our Hilo TSA Agents are being spared the added stress of travelers already expecting a problem and wound up tight enough to give it. Not traveling by air myself anytime soon; who knows what next 'near miss' will happen and what 'more enhanced methods' we will get to experience by the time I do! Yowsa! So glad to be all alone in my little corner of Puna.
Toni, who is a 'critter lover'
www.write-matters.com
ME: If you do, don't wear it in a ponytail! Some disenchanted traveler may pull it clean off your head! I think, just as a 'local' matter, it behooves all of us, regardless of our personal opinions, to remember, the agents doing their job, are doing a job, trying to make a living and dealing with the indignant travelers among us -- and I include myself [My experience with Boston TSA is well documented on my blog site from 2009 with reference to the TSA's response] http://www.write-matters.com/2009/07/iss...eness.html
The only unpleasant experience I have had in the whole state was on Oahu and during a time when I had to wear a back brace. If it hadn't been for the man behind me who distracted the TSA agents after it was obvious the young man who was insisting I remove the brace and proceed through the line was not going to let me proceed without removing it thereby further injuring my back...I'd have probably wound up in the hospital and Honolulu Airport with the bill. The man behind me was big, loud voice and lost his patience with the little guy who was provoking me . But, one bad experience out of the many many many times with none and in fact most of the time in Honolulu the entertainment by the TSA agents is very stress breaking for people standing in the lines.
Hopefully, our Hilo TSA Agents are being spared the added stress of travelers already expecting a problem and wound up tight enough to give it. Not traveling by air myself anytime soon; who knows what next 'near miss' will happen and what 'more enhanced methods' we will get to experience by the time I do! Yowsa! So glad to be all alone in my little corner of Puna.
Toni, who is a 'critter lover'
www.write-matters.com
"Q might have done the right thing for the wrong reason, perhaps we need a good kick in our complacency to get us ready for what's ahead" -- Captain Picard, to Guinan (Q Who?)