100%. I have been humiliated by them. People were pulling out their iPhones when it was announced loudly that they swabbed my Lipton Matcha tea and found "B0MB RESIDUE!!" I was patted down in front of all the phones recording me, and all my clothing was taken out piece by piece and looked at right there at the security area. My daughter started crying and said "Are you arresting my Mom?" they said "No (snicker) we don't do that here" and they sent a lady TSA out because when my daughter cried and said that, I started to cry. I snapped at her when she tried to give me therapy. I have no idea what happened to her, but they let me go. Believe it or not, when I was walking away to my gate, they held up the Matcha powder and said "DO YOU WANT THIS???" That's when I knew, it was all a ritual. I told them "I thought it had b0mb powder on it? You keep it." So, so so so so so so so stupid.
TSA is a humiliation ritual. Nothing more.
100%. I have been humiliated by them. People were pulling out their iPhones when it was announced loudly that they swabbed my Lipton Matcha tea and found "B0MB RESIDUE!!" I was patted down in front of all the phones recording me, and all my clothing was taken out piece by piece and looked at right there at the security area. My daughter started crying and said "Are you arresting my Mom?" they said "No (snicker) we don't do that here" and they sent a lady TSA out because when my daughter cried and said that, I started to cry. I snapped at her when she tried to give me therapy. I have no idea what happened to her, but they let me go. Believe it or not, when I was walking away to my gate, they held up the Matcha powder and said "DO YOU WANT THIS???" That's when I knew, it was all a ritual. I told them "I thought it had b0mb powder on it? You keep it." So, so so so so so so so stupid.
Yup.
If the government actually cared about hijacking, they’d have Marshalls on every flight and/or reinforced cockpit doors.
Problem solved.