I don’t have an issue with the scanning. But lately, at one end or the other, there is this TSA guy shouting at the lines of people giving conflicting instructions and even though I know what to do, confuses me and a lot of other passengers and we end up in wrong line and he chews us out for that and makes us feel like idiots.
When they are normal and calm and speak normally no issue.
They remind me of sadistic drill sergeants.
I have similar experiences with TSA. The process is hectic, disorganized and confusing. It doesn’t have to be. I recently returned from Germany. They were both more organized and more thorough. No yelling, no misdirections.
My last flight, I went through the scatter machine with my license in my hand. When I got out, I had to wait for them to do another hand scan of my leg for some reason. I put my license in my pocket and little Napoleon started yelling at me that I wasn’t allowed to put my hands in my pockets.
I told him to quit making up rules on the fly and walked past him into the terminal.
He said something about giving him respect and I said that I would when he started to respect me.
“lines of people”
Any large & dense gathering of Americans presents a security issue.