Now I know why I’ve been advised to have only a carry-on and my purse/backpack when I fly in June.
If I have to fly, I only bring a carry-on. If I need more than what is in my carry-on, I can buy it at the destination and ditch the excess before I come home.
And my stuff doesn’t go through the scanner until I go through the metal detector or whatever. (Don’t have a problem with that, because, by the time I hit the metal detector, the only metal on me is in my teeth...). There are too many thieves waiting on the other side of barrier. I’ve heard that TSA thieves can even open the scanner and reach in to grab stuff.
But the truth is, I have only had good experiences with TSA types. I hate the searches, but they have always been polite and helpful. Maybe I have low standards, or maybe I’ve just been lucky.