StaticRain

Well here's my belated fan account. I work for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO). The security everyone in the US has to deal with before you can catch your flight. On Tuesday May 22nd, The day after the Google concert in Mountain View, I was actually sent out to International A checkpoint to help them out with the amount of passengers that they had to screen. Knowing that the girls had performed the night before, I was expecting them to arrive on Tuesday or Wednesday. From previous sponsorships of the girls, it is well known that SM and a lot of Korean artists are sponsored by Korean Airlines, especially when they travel overseas.

My teammates and I were expecting a crazy rush hour. I happened to be on a lane near the wall with just a metal detector, when I overheard some fan girls and guys screaming in the din. Looked up to see the male artists (SJ, B2ST, and MBLAC coming through our Ticket Document Checker (TDC) position for the priority lane. They came through while being escorted by Korean Airlines managers. I moved a couple carts of bins up for the boys to take and be screened. Nothing much happened. Then came the F(x) members. I think I missed seeing Amber in line, but i saw Krystal at the head of the line followed by Sulli, Victoria, then Luna. I greeted the girls and told Krystal I was at the concert the night before, also told her I was from Soshified. Said the concert was great and it was a lot of fun. She relayed the message to the rest of the girls. I briefly chatted with Luna, she smiled, but i think i distracted her . Because per new rules, all passengers have to show boarding passes to the officer at the metal detector. She left her passport and boarding pass in her bin. So because of that, I had to go inside after she cleared the metal detector to check on her boarding pass. Then I went back up to help deal with Big Mama (Victoria). Vic was worried about her bag tipping over in the X-Ray machine, so I handed her a bin and told her to go on through, that I would take care of her bag. She went through, while i wrestled with her Duty Free Bag and put it through x-ray.

Next in line was 5 of our 9 beauties. First in line was Tiffany with a hoodie on, followed by SooYoung, then HyoYeon, SeoHyun and then TaeYeon. I briefly chatted with Tiffany and told her I was at the concert last nite and i was from soshified. Said it was pretty cool concert. She asked me where i sat, I told her I was up on the lawn. She said Its too far away, that i should have found a closer seat. I said its alright, it wasn't really crowded where i was at, but i was able to see everything that went on. While looking at the girls, I noticed they all were borderline exhausted. Looked like they were all about to collapse. Super tired members. Tiffany went through followed by Sooyoung. Well my partner put Sooyoung aside because she was wearing a dress with a long flowing loose skirt. Per our standard operating procedures, anything loose or bulky, we have to do a targeted pat-down. Then HyoYeon went through and the metal detector beeped, and she was randomly selected for additional screening. I went to deal with our two troublemakers . First off, I went and got HyoYeon and brought her to the back of the line, Tiffany rushed over and asked whats wrong. I told her HyoYeon got randomly selected by the metal detector for additional screening, all im going to do is swab both HyoYeon's palms with a paper swab and test it for residue. and that Sooyoung is going to get her legs patted down because of her loose dress. Tiffany instantly translated what I said into rapid fire Korean for HyoYeon's sake. I tested HyoYeon's palm's, the machine cleared the sample. Shes got small hands, skinny fingers and kinda dry. I let her go get her stuff. I went to tap out my partner who is a female officer and she went and patted down SooYoung's legs. Then I was tapped back. Next to come through was SeoHyun. I said hi, and that enjoyed her concert last nite. Her smile went huge, she was so surprised and she said, "OMG really?!!" she went all shrill when she spoke because she was really happy. Then a very tired and quiet TaeYeon came through. I said Hi, she shyly smiled and then went to get her bags.

Right after the girls left, it was just normal passengers after that. My lead came over and told me to take my last break before I had to clock out from work. When I was walking down the terminal to our employee break room, I managed to snap a few candid camera shots of the girls, also managed to get a couple shots of members from Wonder Girls and Kara. The artists all were using the British Airways lounge. Apparently since they all were so tired, they all went inside except for SeoHyun who wanted to shop around and TaeYeon who went into the Duty Free Store. After that, they all went inside. Then it was time for me to punch out. I left after that. That's my fan account of the girls going through our security checkpoint at SFO.








Now for the WG and Kara