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The comments seem to have a vastly negative sentiment - which is a good sign - but its probably the vocal minority. People who don't care (the majority) wont e
by binarymax 13y ago
The comments seem to have a vastly negative sentiment - which is a good sign - but its probably the vocal minority. People who don't care (the majority) wont even bother commenting.
On last count - I have opted out a dozen times, and I have never stepped foot in one of these machines.
12 is a small sample size but on average it took 15 minutes longer than a metal detector (with a couple outliers of course).
The experience with agents has varied. One of them purposefully stuck me in front of an air-conditioner and I froze for a good 10 minutes while he went off and did something else. On a separate occasion a younger agent barely touched me and waved me by (he seemed less enthusiastic the pat-down than I was!).
I will continue to opt out until either the machines are scrapped or I no longer have a choice. I just add the extra time to my journey knowing that I will most likely be waiting longer.
- carbocation 13y agoI have always opted out as well. Recently the agents have started informing me that the new machines are safe, but they rarely answer my follow up question satisfactorily ("Great! Where did you get your degree in biophysics?").
- sfx 13y agoA TSA agent was once similarly telling me how it "emits less radiation than a cell phone" after I opted out. I of course couldn't care as opposed to how invasive it is. I think as a public we tend to value our health, almost unhealthily; but when it comes to civil rights or privacy, we don't care as long as we're not effected.
- tlrobinson 13y agoI've opted out probably 20 times (protip: a lot of times if its busy you can time it so they wave you through the metal detector instead), and almost all have only taken ~5 minutes. Only once or twice have I felt the pat down was excessive or they made me wait too long.