The TSA’s Freudian Craigslist Slip "[b]e part of a imperious security team protecting airports ..."

Jalopnik ^ | April 2, 2012 | Matt Hardigree

[DogByte6RER]

The TSA’s Freudian Craigslist Slip

Either someone just attempted the subtlest of jabs at our nation's force of uncomfortably invasive rent-a-cops or the recruiters at the Transportation Security Administration need to invest in a better thesaurus. A job posting on the Ann Arbor, Michigan Craigslist invites would-be screeners to "[b]e part of a imperious security team protecting airports and skies as you proudly establish your future."

Imperious, indeed.

The Dictionary.com definition of imperious is "domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing." The definition from Google is even better, describing it as "assuming authority without justification."

If it was a joke I'd assume the posting would be made elsewhere, but it's only been posted in Ann Arbor. But what word could they mean instead if it's real? Imperative? Impetuous? The rest of the text is also a mess, which screams either that this is a fake… or a federal government employee.

Either way, I've emailed the poster curious if this might actually be a great jab or a bad job.

Here's the full posting below, in case it's pulled:

Transportation Security Officers (Ann Arbor)

See the individual you are in a vital position for our security firm where you implement security-screening procedures that counter deadly or dangerous objects from being smuggled onto an aircraft. Be part of a imperious security team protecting airports and skies as you proudly establish your future.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. You must be a U.S. Citizen

2. You are required to have a high school diploma or equivalent

PT, full training

• Location: Ann Arbor

• Compensation: $17 per hour

• Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.

• Please, no phone calls about this job!

• Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

PostingID: 2926913263

[JudgemAll]

Or insidious? I can hear them, just like in those East European trains getting me stopped by thugs asking for a bribe before getting on. It’s the “bac-shish culture” coming to America, it’s a culture, it’s now accepted as “Amerikkkool”.

[JudgemAll]

That, and if woman does not want to be gropped, it will be acceptable that she pays or something, and so terrorists will slip through even more easily than before. Because the perception of doing it for perversion means the worker is not interested in doing his job if there is no perverted return or if there is no bribe going through it. And to maintain that, the worker will create it as his side business.

[Sarajevo]

TSA is nothing more than a Bush administration jobs program for the chronically unemployed.

[GeronL]

The TSA has been known to advertise on pizza boxes for employees.

[Gaffer]

If I had my way Federal, State, County and City Law would require a full posting of all regionally applicable TSA employees’ names, addresses, AND pictures in the local newspaper every month.