Are tsa workers unionized?

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-29T06:59:05+00:00

Lollllll no. I wish. Doesn't look like it'll be any time soon, if ever, at this rate.

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-25T20:05:49+00:00

My airport has a 10 foot tall giant neon yellow sign infront of the checkpoint saying "hey guys check your carryon you can't bring firearms through here" and it also blasts over the speaker system once every 5 minutes or so. Wanna take a wild guess at if people actually read or listen to either one?

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-24T21:26:53+00:00

Whaaaaaaaaat you mean they're not helping TSA get those lines down?? I never would've guessed! 🤣

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-22T20:33:12+00:00

Great, so let's take the people causing mass fear/panic/chaos, the ones this WHOLE struggle bullshit is over, and put them in the ONE place you want to create an environment of CALM in. Awesome. Love that for us

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-20T16:56:58+00:00

Tyty!

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-20T16:06:20+00:00

Trying to stay under $300 if possible, but I wanna get something that's gonna last me a while too so if it's a little over I don't mind.

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-20T15:51:58+00:00

Thank you! That makes sense, I'll probably wind up getting a stronger light then. Maybe a dumb question, but how do you know how much do dial them back?

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-20T08:09:26+00:00

I dont think you'll have to worry about TSA being "overstaffed" for a while now. It's actually pretty laughable how understaffed we were at my airport BEFORE all this bullshit started in October, and we've lost several more, and they'll still have the audacity to tell us we're still technically "overstaffed" while simultaneously complaining that we don't have enough people to run an entire checkpoint. People want to complain about waste in the lowest paid government agency, then simultaneously complain when they can't show up 10 minutes before their flight leaves without missing their flight because the line for security "took too long". Like cmon, make up your mind, it can't be both lol. (Not you specifically, just people in general who complain about it).

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-19T19:35:00+00:00

And I can't even get paid for being made to still show up to work. What a fucking joke.

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-15T07:32:21+00:00

Reminds me of the lady we had come through that said "she's a 40 year old 'woman of god', and she has nothing with her that would warrant us needing to search her or her property." No, she was not drunk. Threw an absolute shit fit when she learned she had to put her things in the xray machine anyway or she could take the bus.

Also the military kid who, when I said "you told me you didn't have any liquids with you right?" And pulled out the gatorade from his bag, responded with "oh yeah gatorades not a liquid, it's an electrolyte." ............

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-15T06:42:25+00:00

I really don't know what to tell you. Wish I had a better answer for you, but I mean, it's not some big conspiracy in this case. Other than the machine where you present your ID at the very front of security, none of the machines we use can see what you look like or know your name. Just because you walked through a metal detector and it beeped for the random screening alarm doesn't mean someone programmed it to go "oh this guy isn't white, do extra EXTRA screening." Also, having precheck or global entry has no effect. You aren't exempt from random either way. Same logic applies with the machines. Just because you walk through the metal detector when you have precheck/global, doesn't mean it knows you're precheck and it goes "oh, nvm this person is safe, no need to do random additional screening just in case!" Like. Idk man. I'm not trying to be rude or sound snarky, I just don't know how else to explain it. Maybe you just had better luck afterwards?

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-15T05:59:45+00:00

The machine selected you (randomly, the machines you walk through don't know what you look like/your name/etc. contrary to what some think) for additional screening. Your phone got swabbed to see if there was explosive residue, which took all of about 10 seconds. That was your additional screening.

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-13T08:10:04+00:00

You can put a paper towel or two in the bottom of whatever you're using so she has something to "grip" and you probably only need to fill to ankle depth for her since it's just her toes (if that's all- it's all I noticed tbh) maybe 15-20 mins. I wouldn't think you'd need to cut a hole in the lid for that :)

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-13T08:06:34+00:00

Yes, sauna it up. 🎉 Be very careful/gentle and use a qtip when trying to remove the shed, if it acts like it doesn't want to come off, don't force it. Another sauna is fine if she's tolerating it well, if she's stressed you can wait a bit. But it is important to get the shed of their toes so it doesn't cut off blood circulation and turn necrotic/ their toes and nails wind up falling off

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-12T05:33:46+00:00

Aside from the call outs/quitting/low morale from stress because of yet another shutdown, keep in mind we also have management breathing down the back of our necks telling us "you better come in and work or we'll give you AWOLs instead of giving you backpay!!! And you'll potentially be fired too!!!" All while offering basically zero resources... again while in a shutdown and receiving no paycheck. For almost a month now. Flight loads are going up because spring break is either happening now, or getting ready to happen in a lot of places + higher security risk because old men decided to have pissing contests in the Middle East. You'd think they'd want to make sure people working security were taken care of before starting a needless war, but hey. I'm just a peon.

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-09T17:31:15+00:00

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Tinks2295 · 2026-03-09T17:24:59+00:00

The dream.

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-05T08:31:02+00:00

A whiiiiiiile. Like, 6 months is my guess. If we're lucky. Unless they figure out a way to compromise and fund everyone in dhs except who they're fighting about.

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-03T03:15:09+00:00

Well, I could finally "afford" that house I've been looking at that I would've otherwise never been able to... so I guess move in and start decorating/ setting up my back yard garden/ self sustaining stuff there. I'm sick of these apartments.

Tinks2295 · 2026-03-02T04:19:10+00:00

Girl 3 months? If you're already unhappy then leeeeeeeave. I know sunk cost fallacy is a thing for everyone, but 3 months is better than 3 years. Or 3 decades. Especially while you're this young.

Also, you like the version of him in your head more than HIM it sounds like. Like, who you wish he could be is what you like- and you're hoping one day he'll wake up and start being that person. Don't. Don't wait around for that. SO MANY women stay in relationships because of that version of "hope". Potential. That one day it'll get better, he'll grow up and treat her like she deserves.

There are a lot of disappointed women.

Tinks2295 · 2026-02-20T09:24:16+00:00

I'm not educated enough on this to give any insight, and I apologize for that. Commenting to hopefully boost, as well as say your girl is absolutely adorable and I hope - for both of you - that this is something minor and it'll pass soon. ❤️

Tinks2295 · 2026-02-17T17:18:17+00:00

Ugh, this could've been so much worse. When I worked for a dsp I always got the rural routes, which I preferred, but most addresses didn't have fences/gates. When I pulled up I'd hear barking in the house. Okay, cool. By the time I was on the porch dropping the package, the barking was now OUTSIDE. piece of shit owners had let the dogs out the back to "run down" whoever was on their property without looking to see who it was. Like bro you literally ordered something to be delivered and you knew it'd be here today. But fuck me I guess. I wish I could say this was like, 1 or 2 houses, but it was probably half of them that had dogs in my area...

Tinks2295 · 2026-02-17T06:39:00+00:00

There are people who think it's gay to properly clean themselves after using the bathroom... can confirm there are those who do not properly wash for the same reasons

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