Thegeneral,
You're right. I do spend more time talking or whining about the TSA than actually dealing with them.

But the interactions I do have are often disturbing.

Not to rehash all of our collective frustrations, but it's the barking, the waiting in line, the drawn-out ID inspection, getting a random search at the checkpoint and AGAIN ten minutes later at the gate. Unless there is a delay, the TSA is the most time-consuming part of the airport experience.

It is somewhat dependent on which airport and which checkpoint you use. I have had some "glide through" TSA experiences. But with the ramp-up in random secondaries and gate searches, this becomes less likely.