Originally Posted by
GUWonder
If they are that stressed out about non-fighting words, then perhaps shouldn't they surrender their post or get some help with stress management? Instead of worrying about non-fighting words, the airport security staff should stick to focusing on searches for weapons, bombs, incendiaries and components to such.
^ Yes!
If they cannot handle the stress of their position, they are perfectly at liberty to find another line of work.
To make up for the stress, sometimes they behave obnoxiously at pax, just because they can.