Zoom. Off we went, the four of us, circumventing roughly an hour's shuffle line, until we reached the screening stations. Along the way, the woman in the TSA uniform said in her broken English, "I take care of you; you take care of me."

As suspected. She was working a hustle.

When we arrived at the screeners' positions, Rich arose, suddenly and magically cured of his affliction. The uniformed TSA and NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) men and women working this stop didn't seem to think anything of it. They seemed familiar with this woman as they allowed her to provide us the next position through the nearest scanner.

I reached into my pocket, selected a five-dollar bill from a fold, and conspicuously handed it to her. No moderately alert TSA or NTSB uniformed personnel in the vicinity could have missed it. It was clear: I was paying off a uniformed TSA worker officer for privileged access.

Everyone nearby in uniform seemed to know the score.

As we stepped through the scanner, our TSA wheel-woman was waiting on the other side. She indiscreetly -- well above a whisper -- told us she expected more than $5 for her official crooked services rendered. This time she was borderline angry: "Not happy. I took care of you, now you take care of me!" We gave her a few more bucks, again, as conspicuously as we made the first payment.

Again, no uniformed security person even looked sideways at what was going on, or going down. On this shift and at that security position, this must have been business as usual.

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TSA is quite possibly the worst government agency there is and that is saying something.

I THINK THE QUALIFICATIONS TO WORK FOR THE TSA AND MCDONALDS ARE BASICALLY THE SAME.

WHAT DO THEY GET PAID? IT IS BASICALLY ALL WHITE TRASH OR BLACKS

I CANT COUNT HOW MANY THINGS I HAVE BROUGHT ON A PLANE BY ACCIDENT PROHIBITED ITEMS I FORGOT WERE IN MY LAPTOP BAG, INCLUDING LIGHTERS AND EVEN ONE TIME A SWITCH BLADE(WHICH ARE LEGAL IN OREGON)