u/shesleepswithspirits

yeah, yeah i know what you’re thinking with my title of this post, but i swear i have no clue what provoked this interaction to go this way.

okay so 2 days ago i’m at DFW airport and i’m going through TSA as usual.. putting my stuff in bins and waiting my turn to go through the machine. a lady in a wheelchair cuts in front of me while i’m putting my luggage in the bins but it’s no biggie, my flight is in 2 hours i am in NO rush at all (i am also a very laid back, leisurely person so this really does not matter to me in the slightest). the lady in the wheelchair gets pulled to the side to get special screening and i move up behind the man in front of me. the TSA guy calls him forward and he stands in the machine and does his thing, nothing weird or anything at all.. but the second he walks away and the officer calls me forward it’s like a switch flipped in him. he says to me “slide in.. SLIDE IN!” and i’m like okay cool so that means walk in the machine, so i walk in and he goes “NO SLIDE, god why do i even talk? just to waste energy i guess” and i’m completely silent because i don’t even know what i’m supposed to say?? and i’m in the machine with my hands up and he’s still going “no reason for me to even talk if no one ever listens to me.. blah blah, ect.” but i’m confused because i do not fly often, it’s been almost a year since i’ve flown last and not once have i been asked to slide into a machine(??). i also got a pat down after going through the machine twice since my crotch lit up on their detection system (LOL). i know i shouldn’t dwell on this but it’s just ridiculous to come face to face with people like this in real life. i know TSA is a serious job but i really hope i’m not the asshole in this situation for being confused? AITA?