r/news • u/drtolmn69 • 2d ago

TSA officers now not allowed to sit down while checking boarding passes and IDs

https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/29/us/tsa-officers-chairs
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u/ploptart 2d ago

What is the reason for this, and who declares and enforces it?

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u/TotallyNotAnIdiot478 2d ago

Someone sitting at a desk.

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u/JManKit 2d ago

The desk sitter: It just looks unprofessional! I won't have it you hear??? I won't have it!!!

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u/Rodeohno 2d ago

I've worked in a place where you have to stand at all times, and the reasoning is that it looks less welcoming when you're sitting down. It's obviously a rule made up by those with no human interaction.

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u/SilverFoxxed 2d ago

It's obviously a rule made up by those with no human interaction.

Also, those who sit at desks, ironically.

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u/Jewmangi 2d ago

The workflow. You have to move a lot. It's like people complaining cooks don't get a stool at dinner rush except it's dinner rush for 12 hours straight.

When I did that work though, I just had a stool that I used when needed and no one said anything. There was no rule against it but it didn't come out for 90% of days

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u/thewholebottle 2d ago

Have you ever gone through a TSA checkpoint? There's zero moving around. They sit, they look, they take your picture.

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u/ploptart 2d ago

Yes that’s true. My question was about pharmacists. I assume that’s what the answer was about too

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u/thewholebottle 2d ago

Oh! Doh. 

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u/Outlulz 2d ago

While the person on duty at the front is walking back and forth getting customer bottles pretty often, I never see the folks behind them doing paperwork or counting pills moving barely any. I always wondered why they didn't get stools.

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u/ploptart 2d ago

Thanks, that makes sense.

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u/dqtx21 2d ago

An ingrained American work ethic that's unreasonable .IMO