u/ArchdruidHalsin

I always decline having my photo taken by the TSA because it isn't mandatory and they never tell you that. So I try to avoid face scanning as a principle.

I hand my ID to the agent and say "I'm gonna decline the photo" and he just goes ahead and puts it in the machine and says "Sorry, you have to say that before you hand me the ID. Now you don't have the option".

And he refused to let me decline or reset the machine or anything. He just kept repeating "It's on you to tell me before." Which I did. He just didn't listen before he just did what he was gonna do anyway.

EDIT: Thank you everyone for reminding me that drivers licenses and passports exist! /s The point remains that if they didn't stand to benefit from it, they wouldn't be doing it and they wouldn't be so shady about your ability to opt out. You shouldn't be giving the government anything you don't have to ever. They are counting on you to just take the "it's all hopeless anyway" attitude.

I was a quarterfinalist in this competition last year so I thought I'd submit again this year since my screenplay has gone had some significant revisions. I had accidentally missed putting my "check status" notification in my calendar and realized I hadn't heard back from my submission this year.

I logged in and see my status as "Submitted" and next announcements say "Announcements made April 09". I never received any email notifying me one way or the other, nor can I find the list of quarterfinalists, semifinalists, or finalists anywhere. Furthermore, I had paid for feedback which has also not come through. It says "Pending"

I emailed them and am waiting to hear back, but I'm wondering how skeptical of the whole thing I should be at this point. Yeah, my feedback being delayed is super annoying, but there are enough clerical errors going on that I'm wondering if my script was even considered in the competition to begin with.

Does anyone have any insights into this program?