don't be worried about that, go ahead and give them all the grief you can. they make it stressful as a passenger to travel, i want to make it stressful for them to have that job. maybe when enough of them quit, and tsa starts having difficulty replacing stressed out, fed up employees, then policies might change.

as for gifts, any package you have is subject to inspection, which may include unwrapping. to minimize the chance your gifts will be unwrapped, avoid using metallic paper. they usually won't unwrap the gift as long as it can be cleared though x-ray.