[IAEP] TSA Loves XOs!

[Cherry Withers]

You made me laugh so hard Caryl! Did the XO get a thorough patdown as well?
I bet it probably enjoyed the "treatment". Maybe next time have them just
pat down the XO for a free pass. :-)

Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels!

Cherry
On Nov 25, 2010 10:36 AM, "Caryl Bigenho" <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> I flew from DFW yesterday, the day before Thanksgiving, which is supposed
to be one of the busiest days for flying. We arrived early because we had
heard of plans for lot of people to "opt out" of the body scanners and ask
for the "enhanced pat-down search" instead.
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> The protest didn't show up in the security area we went through and the
TSA agents were very overstaffed and very good natured and friendly. Because
of my knee replacements I always set off the alarm and get the pat-down.
Yesterday was no exception, but the procedures have changed. No more metal
detecting wands. Instead they pat you down all over... and I do mean all
over!
> So, there I was with my arms out like a hovering bird, getting the
"treatment" when another, smiling TSA agent came over to ask me about OLPC
and the Contributors Program! She had seen the XO-1.5 I brought (to demo at
New Tech High @ Coppell) go through the scanner. She asked my husband about
it as he was gathering my things. He gave her one of my cards with lots of
links on the back, told her more about it and sent her over to talk to me.
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> So, while I was getting that "enhanced pat-down" I was pleasantly
distracted by being able to tell her about our Contributors Program. She was
very interested in the possibility of doing a project at a place where she
volunteers once a week in the Dallas area. I was pleasantly distracted and
almost didn't notice the thoroughness of the pat-down! You never know when
traveling with an XO will pay off in new and interesting ways!
> Happy Thanksgiving!Grannie B (aka Caryl)
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