I don't fly that often so I have far less TSA exposure than most, if not all, of you - and yet I found the security for the Vancouver Olympics was more efficient and professional than what I've seen at airports...and I was setting off the WTMD every single time I went through due to metal on my clothing and on my ID lanyards.

The only time I was "hassled" was when I brought a tool pouch through; I usually left it on-site but had taken it home in error the night before. When it showed up on the x-ray the screener called out, "He's got tools!" and I was treated to a fast and polite conversation with a supervisor who asked me why I had the tools, listened to my explanation, and then passed me through.

Of course, I'd already had to pass a security check to get my access credentials so that might explain why I wasn't interrogated, and it might have helped that there was a list of rules and regs (including a specific section on "tools of the trade" and what you could bring in with justification) which we were all required to read before we started working there.