That's a bit like saying that most proctology exams are 'non-eventful' and you 'breeze through' them.

You do them because you have to. And if one is particularly inept or harmful, complaining about it does not make you 'rabid'.

Uh, yeah, but just because I don't hear folks talking about them all the time, that doesn't mean that it's because they are enjoying them.

What you have seen from casual observation as you, yourself 'breeze through'? I daresay when you are 'breezing through', there's not much time to devote to observing while you are divesting yourself of your bits, getting scanned and reassembling your bits.

How many times have you actually sat down before or after security and observed for, say, 15 minutes or half an hour? How many times have you observed a wheelchair bound passenger being frisked? Since the wands were eliminated, anyone medically unable to assume and hold the position in the NoS or unable to go through the WTMD unassisted and without touching the sides is subject to a full-body frisk every time they fly. I assume you do not fall in this category or know anyone who does. For these folks, 'breezing through' is not an option and never will be again.

Just curious - there are certain airports that are particularly known for 'bad apples' at the checkpoints. Which airports do you generally fly through? How often? From your posts, I would assume you are flying at least weekly. There have been threads on this forum before about which airports/terminals offer the most (or least) professional experience. There are a couple airports that I avoid precisely because I have read so many complaints in the news and on IBBs about them.

I think we probably are defining 'non-eventful' differently. I don't consider 'non-eventful' and 'breezing through' to be synonymous.

I never 'breeze through' a checkpoint - I always feel apprehension - what are the rules today, at this checkpoint, with these screeners, how loud will the barking be (like the screener who repeated three times, shouting - yes, shouting, he had to shout to be heard over the barkers, that all laptops had to be out. Then he bothered to hold up my bag, asked if I had a laptop inside and did I hear that laptops are required to be out, then when I said I didn't have a laptop in the bag, asked if I didn't have 'any electronics at all?'- answer no).

Then there is the post-checkpoint apprehension - what new TSA games might I be subject to - gate check bags, gate check IDs, drinks testing in the food court, BDO in the bathroom).

Also, during the course of my own journeys through the checkpoints, if I witness another passenger being treated disrespectfully or lied to, I don't think that just because I'm not the current target, it's a 'non-event'.