Originally Posted by
essxjay
This is what bothers me intensely, too: institutionalized abusiveness as the routine course of conduct towards fellow citizens rather than benign courtesy and respect for dignity.
Periodically, I think that it would be good to have an initiative just to get the TSA to be more polite. Now, I think that the more vile they act, the better off we are. I like to think that we won't be inured to this quickly.