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#IHateTheWait Hashtag Surges as Angry Passengers Socalize Long TSA Security Lines

Grant Martin

Skift Take

The #IHateTheWait hashtag is going viral and the TSA is really starting to look bad.

Earlier this month in an effort to bring visibility to growing security lines snaking through American airports, Airlines for America (AFA), the trade group representing the major U.S. carriers, launched a website and a hashtag called IHateTheWait. Meant to encourage passengers to share their frustration over social channels, the #IHateTheWait hashtag has since turned into a grassroots movement, with thousands of thousands of social impressions on Twitter and Instagram sharing passenger frustration. According to Hashtracking.com, the #IHateTheWait hashtag has so

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