Rolando Negrin assaulted a fellow TSA worker because he had been making fun of the size of Negrin’s penis. How did he know the size of Negrin’s penis? As part of a recent training session, Negrin had to walk through the new high-tech security scanners at Miami International Airport and his colleague could see the size of his penis.

Of course, the public was assured that these scanners, intended to protect us from terrorists smuggling bombs onto planes, would not be used to invade anyone’s privacy. We were told that the images would not be recorded and that the people viewing the images would be in a remote room, to protect passengers’ privacy — we wouldn’t have to come face-to-face with a stranger who was looking at our private parts. The whole thing would be handled professionally, because the people in charge are professionals. 

Maybe this post should be about how this incident calls such assurances into question, about how with thousands of workers and millions of passengers, mischief and the violation of privacy by people running these new scanners are inevitable under the best of conditions, and apparently the folks working for the TSA provide something less than the best of conditions. And feel free to comment on all that if you’d like. I’m too busy being impressed by the journalistic excellence over at nbcmiami.com, which went with the following headline:

Suspicious Package: TSA Worker Jailed After Junk Joke

The fifth-graders writing headlines over at NBC Miami must have cracked themselves up with that one. Someone must have been laughing too hard to notice that the article can’t decide whether it is “Negrin” or “Negron” — not knowing how to spell his name, they use both, just to be safe.

Am I the only one not drinking while on the job?

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