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Wow, judging from the number of letters, this really struck a chord with a lot of people. I'm a flight attendant and I, like the author, have to endure the TSA circus every time I go to work. It seems as if common sense is discouraged by the TSA (I get a sensible TSA person every now and then). Making people take off their flip flops and put them through the scanner, harassing Spanish tourists with small souvenir snow globes of NY because of the liquid in the globes, chastising people who've bought the wrong size toothpaste...I've seen it all. Even though I'm in uniform, have been fingerprinted and have had background checks by the FBI, I'm still subjected to the same idiocy. My favorite recent story is the TSA guy in Kansas City who wanted to look in my food bag (most of our layovers are less than 10 hours now, requiring us to carry all of our food for a 2-3 day trip) and asked me in all seriousness if there was anything in the bag that might cause him harm. I had to respond, "Only if the can of tuna in there jumps out and hits you in the head". He was not amused...
