Not much that I have read on here has offended me, I agree with a lot of the comments I have seen posted. However, this one irks me. You are generalizing ALL screeners in your statements. (Even though you say you aren't). Yes, SOME fit your description, but the majority DO NOT. I wouldn't say that I am proud to work for the TSA, but I am proud of the work that I do for the TSA. I have a college degree, I have common sense, I treat people with respect, I don't practice retalitory secondary screening, and I am not a moron. What I am is a single woman, trying to do my job, pay my mortgage, drive a stupid truck, take care of my stupid dogs, earn a decent wage and have some health insurance. So PLEASE, don't throw me into the mix of uneducated, lazy, ignorant, moronic people who are lucky to have high school diplomas and a job! Realize that the people you are refering to make up a small portion of the TSA, and that the majority of TSA employees are decent people.
Honest TSA employees such as yourself throw themselves in with "the mix of uneducated, lazy, ignorant, moronic people who are lucky to have high school diplomas and a job." It's great (seriously) that you treat people with respect, but you tacitly accept the small portion of TSA employees that do not. If not, what are the majority of honest TSA employees doing to eliminate the goons?
One can blame it on TSA management, but when one works with goons and doesn't actively try and stop them, one will get lumped in with the goons.