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You're THAT guy. You go out of your way to be a dick to people doing their jobs because you feel the need to prove some point in the most obtuse way.
by ctvo 11y ago
You're THAT guy.
You go out of your way to be a dick to people doing their jobs because you feel the need to prove some point in the most obtuse way.
- derrickdirge 11y agoIf their job is to invade my privacy and restrict my liberty then I don't feel obligated to be polite to them. I'm not sure if that makes me a bad person, but I'm certain that the Nazis were all just doing their jobs.
- beeboop 11y agoThe TSA isn't violating your privacy or liberty. You have the option to not fly, or to charter your own aircraft if you don't want to be subjected to TSA. Your anger is misplaced. Maybe direct it at your representatives, or your fellow voters for doing such a poor job at electing representatives.
- awinter-py 11y agoYou may have a point, but I don't know how else to act. I live in a community where 30% of respondents oppose flag burning, 20% support the right to do it, and the other half will agree with either side depending on how the question is framed. So 'patriotism' is a mixed up concept with two sides. In my case, I oppose the forces of chaos by making a fuss about search without probable cause. I recognize the social cost of acting this way, but it's not in my personality to blindly consent.
- ctvo 11y agoI don't disagree with you on the policy, but the way you're protesting it is pretty ineffective. Writing a letter will do more good than wasting the time of the lowest paid employees at the airport. I can't justify making someone else's day more shitty (the employee who has to deal with this and the people behind you in line) and changing nothing just to make myself feel better.
- harshreality 11y agoawinter-py is providing them on-the-job training. It's their job to politely deal with a traveller who declines a suspicion-free search. If that "makes their day shitty", they're in the wrong line of work.
- awinter-py 11y agoI've drafted letters twice but haven't sent them. The first time, the snowden / prism stuff hit the news between writing and having a web connection, and I couldn't bring myself to hit send. The second time I tried using the TSA web feedback form but it crashed when I hit submit.
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- tibiapejagala 11y agoYou can decide on any evil/stupid policy as long as you secure yourself with a layer of people hired to carry out your plan. This way no one can do anything about it, because: * People actually doing wrong things are 'just doing their jobs'. They are also underpaid, with no job security, so only a bad person would make their job even harder. * Ones who order them are not actually doing anything wrong. It doesn't help that you often can't find the person responsible up in the chain of command. So it works as intended.
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- threatofrain 11y agoA lot of people are doing their jobs. Does it make a difference if I pay somebody to be the metaphorical Westboro Baptist Church of government nuisance? Good and bad should be evaluated independently from, "I'm just doing my job here." No, nobody is ever just doing their job. We're all affecting each other, for better, worse, and all gray things inbetween.