What's in a nickname? http://www.ideaspace.net/users/wkearney/archives/entries/000401.html I went through BWI recently. The TSA screener stopped me and got this confused look on her face. Apparently my intinerary listing "Bill" was a problem. Talk about idiots. wkearney 2003-07-25T11:30:40-05:00 http://www.ideaspace.net/users/wkearney/archives/entries/000401.html en-us I went through BWI recently. The TSA screener stopped me and got this confused look on her face. Apparently my intinerary listing "Bill" was a problem. Talk about idiots. 2003-07-25T11:30:40-05:00 I went through BWI recently. The TSA screener stopped me and got this confused look on her face. Apparently my intinerary listing "Bill" was a problem. Talk about idiots.

"It's a nickname", I said, but she didn't seem to get the point. Fortunately there was another employee within earshot so I got his attention and said "Got any friends named Robert that go by Bob? Or James going by Jim? So tell your cow-orker here that Bill's a nickname for William." She started to take the "You've dared challenge me so I'm going to make your life a living Hell" sort of posture. Fortunately the co-worker gave her the "How could you be SO stupid eye-roll" and I slipped past, barely escaping the cavity search I'm sure she was contemplating.

How much trouble are we in of the screeners don't understand handling nicknames?

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