Dont take this the wrong way we respect the TSA and what they do But you’d think that with all the TSA stories in the news they would try to put the idiot employees through some sort of training.
A Texas college student has been questioned by the TSA at an airport security checkpoint after making a ‘finger gun’ salute.
Diana Durkin, 19, explained to officers at Hobby Airport in Houston that gesture was merely her school’s symbolic sign that she would perform whenever she saw a fellow Texas Tech University student out and about.
But TSA officers pulled her aside to explain how her seemingly innocent actions were misinterpreted as a sinister sign that could land her in serious trouble.
Diana Durkin, 19, is a passionate supporter of Texas Tech University’s football team and made the ‘gun salute’ gesture while waiting in line for security at Houston Hobby airport
After making the gesture, TSA security staff pulled her aside to question her
The Texas Tech mascot has a lot to answer for when it comes toM iss Durkin’s behavior
An officer noticed the finger gun sign and immediately pulled her out of line for further questioning.
Miss Durkin ended up tweeting her experience as she was given a talking-to by security personnel.
‘In the airport security line and I see someone wearing a Texas Tech hoodie and I look at them and do the gun hand signal because wreck em amiright [sic]. tsa is now pulling me aside to talk to me,’ she wrote in a her initial Twitter post.
Miss Durkin explained toBuzzFeed that whenever Texas Tech students see each other, they often salute one another with a finger gun and a ‘Wreck ’em’ slogan.
‘I love Texas Tech. I love the people, I love the school. Anytime I see someone I get really excited,’ she said.
It is that move which got her flagged by the TSA. The agent tapped her on the shoulder and sternly asked for her ID after spotting the gun symbols she was making.
The salute is so popular that fellow student often signal one another out and about using it
Miss Durkin was subjected to additional screening and a full body pat down
”What are you doing?’ the agent…
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