Just want to hear stories so I can mentally prepare myself for such… hostile… interactions… (Hopefully this never happens to me)
P.S: And before anyone start spamming “Don’t Consent to searches”, remember that that’s a very democracy-centric viewpoint. In some countries you could be jailed for refusing.
This was at least a couple years before COVID. Who knows what the protocols were then versus now. Best I can find is that a person can request an agent be of the same gender, but TSA doesn’t have to comply with that request.
It seems they’re also supposed to offer choice between patdown in line or in a private room. I was never offered a private room option, nor would I take it unless I could have witnesses and video record. Forget going into a room alone with any LEO of any gender.