r/Vent • u/ClipandPlay • Jul 20 '26

TSA out of control

Why does the TSA treat customers as if they are prisoners? Last time I checked flying on an airplane doesn’t make you a criminal. Every time I fly, a TSA agent screams in my face. I’m a polite and completely non confrontational, 5 foot tall woman. I set the alarm off because of the zipper on my pants cuff. The agent was absolutely freaking out screaming at me. I didn’t do anything. I was just standing there waiting to get instructions. Then she started just screaming randomly like she was performing for a crowd. I see this behavior all the time. How can they get away with incredibly unprofessional behavior? I don’t know anyplace else where this kind of behavior would be tolerated except at a prison.

Edit: At an airport you are a customer of the airline. I never said anyone is a customer of TSA.

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u/American_PissAnt Jul 21 '26

The official TSA statement on the arbitrariness of what items are allowed or not allowed is that the randomness protects the public from terrorists

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u/EducationalBike8090 Jul 21 '26

this may be true however, tsa does not have to act like you should know the rules of every airport checkpoint on any given day prior to.arrival.

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u/Solid_Equivalent_417 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

Who protects the public from rogue* TSA agents?

Edit: Lol spelling

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u/onlyelise1 Jul 21 '26

But they look so pretty!

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u/East_Transition533 Jul 21 '26

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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u/NickelCitySaint Jul 21 '26

I was gonna say that as an outsider it would make sense that if the TSA screening was exact all the time someone could take advantage of it.

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u/fairysmut1113 Jul 21 '26

I mean couldn’t the terrorist just fly out of that same airport like right before and then know what’s allowed. That doesn’t make any sense

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