I am sure you fly, and TSA or any other country's airport security subject you to a similar level of scrutiny. So unless you have never taken a flight on a business trip, you have been in position, when you are treated like a criminal for money.
I feel the same way about flying as in my earlier comment, nobody should have their dignity taken away to be able to travel, I'm lucky it has never happened to me in any serious way, and I support measures to end security theatre and treat everyone respectfully.
Why did you bring it up? It’s irrelevant, because everyone at the very least has to remove their shoes, belts, watches, etc and stand in line for metal detector like an idiot. Equally humiliating for normal and non-normal looking people. Btw, what is your criteria of normality in white dude’s appearance?
> I’ve never had a problem with airport security
If you have never gotten you scissors thrown away or sent for extra check because you forgot a bottle of shampoo in your hand luggage or never got asked few extra questions at the border or right before boarding the plane, then you are truly an outlier. I guess looking “normal” really pays off.
Anyway, my point is: you have been subjected to such disrespectful procedures, so you can get some reward in return, whether it’s to board a plane to on vacation or meet a client or smth else.
> security theater
It’s not a theater. Just because TSA is inefficient, does not mean it is ineffective.
> respectful
It becomes disrespectful, if some people are singled out all the time, if privacy is not preserved, or if it crosses certain boundaries. The article talks about bag check, while not pleasant, not something outlandish.
And for hourly employees being paid for such screenings is fair and absolutely a must, imo.
Sure, it isn't the same thing as blowing people up but surely that isn't where we want to draw the line, right?
As with any claims of disproportion, one might disagree with the relative weighing. I assume we all agree that it would be unjustified for, eg., ordinary offices to cavity search every employee to make sure they aren't sneaking out company post-its. I assume we also all agree that it is justified for the CIA to search people when they come out of a SCIF. My only claim was that in the in between range, Apple store employee searches are less justifiable than TSA, because stealing an iPhone is lots lots lots lots less bad than terrorism (albeit obviously much more likely).
Should a convenience store clerk be indignant that their cash drawer has to balance out at the end of their shift? Should a bookkeeper be indignant that cash handling controls are enforced?
I realize that controls can be excessive but that is different than being indignant that there are controls at all.
(Just to be clear, the issue of being paid for the time associated with controls is really something entirely different than objecting to the controls themselves)