Remember the cafe that purportedly banned TSA agents from its premises?
Well, the Transportation Security Administration says it’s not real. When reached today by phone, SeaTac TSA spokeswoman Tracy McConkey said, “We don’t have any confirmation that this story has any validity at all. It’s not in Sea-Tac airport or in the surrounding area. We don’t believe that it exists.”
Obviously, this is one more strike against the TSA-banning cafe of mystery being a real thing, so until KC McLawson—named as the original source of the story here—confirms this isn’t a stupid hoax with Paul Constant, we can probably file this much-reported story under apocrypha.
I’m sorry, but if TSA is convinced it doesn’t exist, then it definitely does.
After all, four out of five attempts by their own people to smuggle fake terrorists or terrorist items on board get thru, so you know they’re not swift enough to recognize real threats …
This “story” was on NPR this morning. If it’s fake then that is pretty fucking embarrassing to a network that I have a harder time giving money to with each passing year…
@2, well, it’s tough these days. They want a dash of the Gawker fell, so when the likes of Elliott (beware) gets swallowed by the likes of Consumerist and, yes, Slog, by then NPR must think it’s okay to do a story on, as if it’s been properly checked.
Oopsie.
er, “feel”. Fuck, I am typing with hams today.
You should switch to lamb curry, gg.
Now see, gus, I was thinking you meant the little green valley where Gawker is published…and shout out on apocrypha!! Woot, word of the day!
Well, if Will says it does exist, then it must not. Because nobody’s wrong more often than Will. Even TSA.
@7 lol. How’s market domination for your Kindle working for ya?
(laughs as he points to WSJ article that Apple has sales dominance in actually sold units over other pretenders)
Yay “apocrypha”! Canuck, you are generous.
Will, you’re mixing your non compos mentis with your non sequiturs really well today.
fuck em
The source “confirms”, or “says” this isn’t a stupid hoax with Paul Constant?
By the way, it’s official, March 2nd is Apple’s iPad 2 features announcement.
gus, I am envisioning a whole line of tech savvy T-shirts coming off the silk screen presses:
“Cafe Apocrypha, home of the Frothy Mix!”
…in purple, of course…
Why not Purple and Gold for the Husky win?
@14, it’s an IGBP thing.
(doh! are our avatars prescient, or WHAT?)
Ooh, gives me chills, that does, Canuck.
wait till you see my new liberty kitty icon tonite.
@18 How about Hello Kitty? Personally, I would like to see that…
Ask her sister…. http://www.ifbbpro.com/results/2009-cali…
It’s a sad state of affairs when mainstream media picks up a blog story that is missing key pieces of info. It’s nice to see another blogger try to do the research that the first one should have done before running with the story. Turns out they came up with nothing to prove it’s true. http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweek…
The Seattle police said they have not been asked to escort anyone out of an establishment. The cafe still goes nameless. And according to the original source of the story (Elliott), when he recently e-mailed the woman to ask about facts, her automated response said her name was Kristin Clawson, not KC McLawson. http://www.elliott.org/blog/wheres-the-c….
Someone could have thought of this too – baggage handlers, ticket agents and security people in airports don’t usually leave the airport to get lunch or coffee – they don’t have time and they get a discount in the airport. And the morning shift people start at 4:00 a.m., when most cafes outside of the airport aren’t open.
So while the storyline makes for good media coverage, a little research goes a long way.