flying alaska today.  security is in terminal 2 and they don’t have pre-check.  but if you have pre-check, you’re supposed to be able to leave your shoes on and go through the metal detector; as opposed to walking barefoot through the naked scan machine.  

well, that didn’t happen for me.  some jerk agent wouldn’t accept the ubër professional  3″ squiggle mark applied to my boarding [p]ass by the first agent.

i got to take off my shoes, dig out my liquids, take out my laptop AND two tablets, in addition to having my naked image transmitted over microwaves.  oh, and some woman patted down my ace bandaged ankle, hard, despite me advising that it hurts and i would be happy to remove the bandage for her inspection.

i got to the end of the conveyor and took my GD sweet ass time putting my luggage back together.  

then i summoned the PIC and asked him about my squiggled boarding pass.  of course, he had no rational answer, which made me repissed.  i pretty much yelled at him; telling him that after 16 MF’ing years since 9/11, some consistency and professionalism is expected from that government agency.  

btw, i don’t feel any safer after another episode of Security Theater brought to us by Homeland Security.  dicks.