Originally Posted by
weekilter
I guess you've never seen
Mommy Dearest with Faye Dunnaway as Joan Crawford, eh?
"Joan Crawford: No... wire... hangers. What's wire hangers doing in this closet when I told you: no wire hangers EVER? I work and work 'till I'm half-dead, and I hear people saying, "She's getting old." And what do I get? A daughter... who cares as much about the beautiful dresses I give her... as she cares about me. What's wire hangers doing in this closet? Answer me. I buy you beautiful dresses, and you treat them like they were some dishrag. You do. Three hundred dollar dress on a wire hanger."
The TSA agent was just channeling Joan Crawford. Nothing more. Nothing less.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082766/quotes
Since this happened in Costa Rica, saying this was TSA is pretty far off the mark.