TSA to Announce Ban on Thongs Due to Backscatter False Positives
I swear to you: this is no Onion article. It’s like… it’s like the people at the TSA have no one on their team who understands marketing, or who understands how something like this can will totally just blow up in their faces. It’s just… amazing.
So apparently, thongs of all freaking things, are causing problems for those backscatter x-ray machines at airports, in that they’re triggering an unusually high number of . Rather than a costly recall and recalibration (estimated at $12,000 per device, and also taking each device out of commission for 4+ weeks), the TSA is considering a .
I know, I know. The operative word here is temporary. But I mean, come on – it’s like these guys don’t have enough PR disasters, they need to keep doing crap like this to enrage the public even more.
As can be expected, Bruce Schneider is with this one.
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You,ve gotta be kidding me, what till the media gets ahold of that piece of idiotancy. I think they should be the first onces at the check point telling people they have to remove their thong underwear. Good grief!!!!!!!
Paul (April 1, 2012 at 4:57 pm)Surely that’s a Fools Day prank
Paul (April 1, 2012 at 4:59 pm)You got me, you bastard!
Mellzah (April 2, 2012 at 12:40 pm)Then it was all worth it.
avoision (April 7, 2012 at 3:38 pm)