[QUOTE=L-1011]I try to be civil at the checkpoint, but sometimes the stupidity of some screeners make it very hard.QUOTE]

I agree with you 100%. Some screeners slipped through the cracks. The TSA does have some real idiots in its ranks and some of them are in high positions. This will probably anger some TSA folks, but most of the idiots I work with are from the former private companies. The Govt. had to hire a certain amount of former screeners and man did we inherit some losers.

But you know what? For every idiot there is a good screener trying to make a difference.

Give the whole shoe thing up because that's in writing. There is nothing we can do about it. But, when a screener is rude to you or does something that you think is stupid, ask for a supervisor or go see one at the desk when you're done being screened. Chances are, the supervisor is already going to know that this person is an idiot. The more you complain about these people, the better chance we have a getting rid of our weak links. Take names and badge numbers. But remember, don't complain about the things that we're supposed to do or the sup will plainly tell you that we're doing our job.