md:

That is exactly what I was talking about. They take virtually anyone off the street, give them a blue shirt, some apparent authority and the inner A-hole in them rises to the surface pretty fast. For most of them, it is the most responsibility they have ever had. As I stated before, but for the TSA, most of their security screeners would be asking people if they want to supersize it.

Somewhere along the way they got the idea they are something special and have the right to treat the public with the arrogance and rudeness that seems almost part of their training. They are far from special (except in a short bus way) and I don't feel any safer for them being there. Unfortunately we have to play their games. I wonder what would have happened to the father you described had he taken a more assertive tone with the portly TSA monkey when he bullied his little girl. The TSA seems to act with impunity and that is very scary.

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