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The last I was in San Francisco International the TSA staff came barreling out of their door and the first agent out yelled into the terminal, "MAN! I really hope someone opts out today! I can't wait to give that guy a serious patdown."

They're trained to operate in an unethical way.

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They're all threats until I walk up to them and actively volunteer. Then it's all "i swear i'm not gay i'm required to touch you near your groin."

The amount of agents who act like that and then start to get shy when you smile and go through with a patdown is pretty comical.

I once had the unusual luck of being patted down by a young attractive trainee woman in sweden. They also made her to re-do it because she hadn't done it properly apparently (she had actually touched waaaaaay more than usual).

SFO doesn't use TSA

https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/safety-secur...

To a person not familiar with the minutiae of government structure "TSA" is a job position as much as an organization, and CAS does have the former.

Other than a nearly identical uniform that says CAS in place of TSA there is no apparent difference. Which is why I probably didn't even realize. In any case my return leg was delayed so I rented a car to drive back and have never returned to commercial flights since.

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