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Cafe to TSA Agents: No Food for You

Owner of Seattle restaurant won't serve TSA

By Sauerkraut,  Newser User

Posted Feb 22, 2011 7:57 PM CST | Promoted on Newser Feb 23, 2011 8:06 AM CST

(User Submitted) – In a cafe near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, a small piece of retribution is being dealt back to the TSA. "We have posted signs on our doors basically saying that they aren't allowed to come into our business," an employee tells travel journalist Christopher Elliott, adding that her boss travels a lot and often recognizes TSA agents. If he sees one in the café, located near the airport, "we turn our backs and completely ignore them, and tell them to leave,” she says. “Their kind aren't welcomed in our establishment."

She claims most customers agree with the stance, reports the Consumerist, and the cops even escort TSA agents from the premises. "Until TSA agents start treating us with the respect and dignity that we deserve, then things will change for them in the private sector," she says.

  (AP)
A man undergoes a pat-down during TSA security screening, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle.
A man undergoes a pat-down during TSA security screening, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle.   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
A passenger undergoes a pat-down search from a TSA officer, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle.
A passenger undergoes a pat-down search from a TSA officer, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle.   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer pats down a traveler as he works his way through security at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010.
A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer pats down a traveler as he works his way through security at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010.   (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
A man undergoes a pat-down during TSA security screening, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle.
A man undergoes a pat-down during TSA security screening, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle.   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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cascadoux
Feb 23, 2011 10:25 PM CST
They are only performing their job as delegated to them. You turn your back on customers who need food, and you think that makes you better? Boy, the economy must have really picked up where you are? By lowering yourself to the level of him you despise makes you no better, if not worse. I don't care if the rest of the world is siding with you. This is way too ugly.
Ucantusethatname
Feb 23, 2011 11:59 AM CST
Oh that each flying customer had the balls to "opt out." The bullshit at airports mislabeled "security" has gone on long enough. Taxpayers have spent billions of dollars to protect us from terrorists. All the spending on more guards and body scanners has not captured even ONE terrorist. By not exercising our rights, TAS agents treat us like criminals. Where's the Tea Party? Oh, I forgot. We have become a nation of sheep.
Observer
Feb 23, 2011 11:34 AM CST
Bravo! The TSA are no different than the Taliban. They terrorize the public and expect obedience. They are not making us safer. A bad idea that is getting worse with time. Ban Body Scanners!
 

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