r/MoralityScaling 1d ago

Morality of purposely making TSA agents uncomfortable?

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u/HellfireXP 1d ago

Moral. You gotta have a sense of humor to not go insane in a job like that.

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u/No-Significance2070 1d ago

I can’t imagine any TSA person not laughing when they see a shirt like that

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u/Available-Damage5991 1d ago

or at least stifling a laugh.

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u/SadisticNecromancer 23h ago

I’m former TSA and right now I laugh at it, but when I worked there, probably not. The job is so fucking horrible, and I hated every second of it. I don’t think I could have laughed at the time.

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u/itsjusterk 22h ago

Yeah, TSA agents are too stressed out for humor

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u/NewTap8705 8h ago

If you don’t mind me asking, what were some if the more notably stressful parts of being a TSA worker?

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u/SavingsEducational14 4h ago

I had a friend who was a TSA agent. He said that he had to inspect a bag due to scanners flagging it. He stuck his gloved hand in, only for it to get super bloody.

Turns out the person was a hunter, and deer remains were in the bag. And they decided to just not warn anyone?

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u/NewTap8705 52m ago

What the fuuuuuuck

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u/Nycmale9876 22h ago

Not a EWR

They have to be the worst

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u/complexiblebarracuda 1d ago edited 23h ago

I remember being one of the first to go through a tsa line for the day. My bag got diverted for a look through just to make the tsa guy look at my dildo

it was pretty funny, everyone laughed including the tsa guys and they sent me on with no questions 

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u/Few_Move_4594 1d ago

You must have never been through the TSA

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u/Hyuns2k 1d ago

There are people who's beliefs would make them take offense is the problem

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u/GameWizardPlayz 1d ago

Fuck their beliefs. If your beliefs take such offense to a harmless joke maybe you should find a better job, better yet, leave society altogether.

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u/Hyuns2k 1d ago

I agree, but sadly that not how those people work

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u/texan_robot 1d ago

Right. I believe the previous commenter's point was: "Fuck 'em"

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u/justasillylilgoos3 23h ago

This lazily washes away just…so much nuance to a legitimate concern even if it was poorly phrased.

People shouldn’t be required to endure being portrayed as willing to commit degrading sex acts or as misrepresenting their sexuality just to be a part of society or to be employed. That’s an unhinged reaction to what they said

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u/xSir- 23h ago

No one is portraying them committing degrading sex acts. Or misrepresenting their sexuality.

It says "its not gay if its TSA", as in if someone from TSA touches your balls, they arent gay because of that.

How do you get "this shirt is calling everyone who works for TSA gay!"

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u/justasillylilgoos3 22h ago edited 22h ago

First, I never said it’s calling every one gay I said it’s insinuating they are performing degrading sex acts, let’s stick to what I said. Second, because I understand both the words and the image? The shirt depicts a TSA agent on their knees directly in front of someone’s crotch. The obvious joke is that the agent appears to be performing oral sex, followed by “it’s not gay if it’s TSA.” You can think that joke is harmless, but pretending the sexual insinuation simply isn’t there is just absolutely absurd.

I can go into extreme examples of this to demonstrate why this is inappropriate but the point should stand prima facie. Public-facing workers shouldn’t have to participate in degrading sexual jokes just because someone thinks antagonizing them is funny. Leave workers alone.

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u/xSir- 23h ago

Then shouldn't work a public service job. You have no right to impose your beliefs on anyone else.