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| TSA unwelcome at SeaTac restaurant |
| 2011-02-24 |
| Fed up with what he views as crappy treatment from the TSA, the owner of a restaurant near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has decided to put all TSA agents on his No-Eat List. "We have posted signs on our doors basically saying that they aren't allowed to come into our business," one employee tells travel journalist Christopher Elliott. "We have the right to refuse service to anyone." She says that whenever a TSA agent attempts to dine at the restaurant, "we turn our backs and completely ignore them, and tell them to leave... Their kind aren't welcomed in our establishment." The restaurant claims that 90% of its patrons are in agreement with their stance and that the local police have actually helped escort TSA workers of the premises. "Until TSA agents start treating us with the respect and dignity that we deserve, then things will change for them in the private sector," says the employee. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #3 local press is reporting this as a hoax. no eatery names have surfaced, nor has anybody come forward to claim responsibility for the 'news.' |
| Posted by: USN,Ret 2011-02-24 23:43 |
| #2 It might be nice to know the name of this place....y'know, for us visitors who might want to find a congenial place to eat during a layover. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2011-02-24 17:33 |
| #1 no eat list LOL. 90% of patrons agree with the policy? I wonder who the other 10% are? I sense blowback for groping and rude behavior. It would seem the TSA could come up with policies and procedures that: weren't a pain in the arse, protected airlines from terrorists, was professional, competent, and courteous, and just didn't provide Federal welfare for lots of people, i.e. did what it was supposed to do. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-02-24 11:40 |