Sorry to sound flip about your 'lose/lose situation'. I'm glad there are still those out there who believe they are doing something useful, even laudable, at TSA checkpoints. That way I'll always feel better about myself, but I'll never be another morsel for the 'cattle chutes' via the gullet-intellect of an irksome ticket agent.

Enjoy those sticky floors, and remember: "Losing isn't everything unless it's the only thing possible..."