Originally Posted by We Will Never Forget (Post 7930949)

Yes, and there is not ONE answer that will work for all. Obviously, some airports can be more laid back, but what about the others? For example, those with Ma and Pa Kettle who haven't seen a plane in 20 years?

Originally Posted by LessO2 (Post 7931648)

Again, people have addressed it. Are you going to keep asking until you get an answer you like? Why don't you post what you want to hear?

Originally Posted by We Will Never Forget (Post 7930828)

If I am reading your post correctly, you have excluded yourself from the described "nit-wits". Thus, any "barking" probably isn't directed at you.

She said no matter how much they tell people to have their liquids in the baggie, they don't listen.

Again, how would you propose to gain cooperation while still keeping the lines moving?

Originally Posted by georgepds (Post 7931187)

I pass through Heathrow once a year, and I find the agents very human. They smile, engage in a word or two if you speak to them ,and still get the job done.

The current TSA agents are nothing compared to the Yahoos who manned the gates just after 9/11. I had to travel the week after the 9/11 through Logan, you could not gather a worse group of agents if you tried: think young men who had taken too many steroids and had the bad complexion and attitude to prove it.