So for an entire week we’ve heard about this campaign to opt-out of the new enhanced scanner things at the airport because they can see your parts and stuff and well, the alternative is just as bad because they touch your parts. Or something.
So today was the day everyone was supposed to insist they wanted a stupid pat down. Listen, I can get groped whenever, by people that will make eye contact with me. So I don’t understand why groping by a stranger trumps walking into this booth thing so they can verify I’m not an underpants bomber is preferable, especially when it runs the risk of making your fellow passengers having to wait on you a little stabby. Â But to each his own.
But with all the furor, apparently organizers forgot: Most travelers would rather just get on the stupid plane and go to where ever, and not have it blow up. So because of this, it appears this opt out thing is pretty much a dud.
