The latter happened prior to the other dealings with any airport security, except for the explosives search (he was really nice). It was on our trip to SLC and while we were leaving SLC airport, coming home, layover in Las Vegas. It only involved me, in the smoking lounge in SLC with my lighter. I guess I didn’t make that clear. He was a jerk imo.
Every other contact we had with TSA was basically positive. The other two trips were in Orlando and even though they were intrusive, the personnel were really nice about it all.
I hope that cleared it up. The one guy, agent, in the smoking lounge in SLC airport, was a jerk. IMO. Everyone else was not only profressional, they were really nice about it all.
But of all the things to focus on, you focus on that and not anything else. How about a teen girl, for two years, when she was 14, 15, and 16, (two years, not 3 since our first travel experience for this happened when she was 14 1/2 in SLC, then 15 and 16 in Orlando) is tagged for a full search? And, those times, she was treated with kid gloves, as she should have been, but still tagged for this when she’s nowhere near a threat to anyone, except maybe teen age boys. The TSA, all airport security treated her well and me also (with the exception of the jerk in the smoking lounge).
Does this reconcile it for you enough? I’m relatively new here but what I’m learning really quickly is some people will focus on the most idiotic thing and miss the entire point in the process.
You could have just asked me to explain what I meant. I know I go off on tangents just like when I’m speaking in person/real life. Maybe it’s best if you ignore what I post since you’re probably going to question everything anyway and miss what I actually said or was trying to say.
And on a side note, you’re having a “hard time reconciling your first two sentences with the second two” do you really want to get into a war of words on this? Cos’ if you had difficulty understanding either then you and I couldn’t have a conversation.
I'm sorry -- "war of words"? You said the TSA were "incredibly polite and gentle" then gave a story about how one was "belligerent" and "snatched a lighter out of your hand as if it were a weapon" and told you "not to give him any attitude" and me pointing out the contradictory nature of those statements is a "war of words"? Huh? I see now that you have elaborated on it a bit and you are saying that you were relating the one and only time they were not nice, but I can't see what you think, only what you write, and what you wrote was contradictory.