Finally! Thank goodness *someone* gets it.

dude your pretty stupid, ever tried packing on your own before?

For the state tests where i live we had to read an article about packing [among the other fascinating and intellectually stimulating topics we were exposed to], and it specifically told you that the most efficient way to pack was to roll up your things. Nice one, state of Pennsylvania.

his mommy packs for him... jeez

dude, calm down! don't take that comments too serious... but thanks for adding some real informations to the discussion.

You're full of yourself. The only thing worse than a pig trying to tell people how thing are is a wannabe pig trying to tell people how things are. I've been "randomly screened" at 4 airports, out of the whole 4 flights i've ever been on. it seems a bit suspicious that in 1 out of every 1 flight a 20 year old male with slightly longer hair then normal has been on, he has also gotten "randomly screened". Most TSA "officers" are rude. I've had to repack every bag I've ever had unpacked by them, despite nothing being found. I understand you want to protect the rep of your fellow airport swine, but don't lie to do it.

I agree with #44 and 45. Everyone has a job to do and it must be done...we all respect that, but at the same time she didnt have to be a douchebag, smile and just flip it over. Your correct the rules do suck but damn thats no reason to be an ass about it. I have had my bag checked before and the person was polite about it.

just about every time that i fly with my family, at least one if not all of us get randomly checked, and the reason is probably because we all have common first and an really common last name. But every time that I've been searched, the security guard has been polite and i realized that they are doing their jobs

wow, $15/hr PLUS 50% of health insurance? Man, those TSA (Thousands Standing Around) dweebs got it made! I bet they can retire off that by the time they turn 79! What a great ad for getting an education. Thanks for that!

Even though we're technically consenting to the search, the TSA is still a government agency and must abide by the Constitution. The 4th Amendment: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Secure in our effects, no search without probable cause.

lottofee...I was calm when I wrote that LoL! I was just passing additional information that people might not be aware of on. Stativus...exactly how am I full of it? Better yet...how can I be LYING about something I know 1st hand about? Just because you've been screened everytime you've flown might not be something that TSA is doing. If you happen to fly again check to see if there's any random markings such as a 'ssss' on your boarding pass. If the airline's computer chooses you as a selectee for random screening, it's possible that it will continue to do so no matter how much time passes between your flights. Sure most officers are rude but if you think about it, so are most passengers because they, like you, tend to think that they're above being screened. I know that there were times when I was a bitch to passengers because they had a rotten attitude towards me for NO reason. Sure there had been some passengers like you who just HAD to repack everything that was unpacked because the just want to be assholes & make a scene but then again this was at the security checkpoint, which I'm guessing is where you repacked your bag. I, for one, would ask the passenger if they wanted me to repack their bag or if they wanted to re-do it. anta - and from what the OP said you got that the officer just flipped the bag over? If everything was packed as small & tight as the OP said it was, I doubt anything would have fallen out. It would have had to had been taken out. aja - yeah I worked with several people who had degrees or had graduated from college while working for TSA & they couldn't find a job that had the same or BETTER benefits than what they had with TSA. There's also the possibility of transferring to a different job. I knew several others who transferred out of TSA to work on the local Base for higher pay. ndawgg- it also says "unreasonable" searches....without probable cause. If you wish to use the 4th amendment then you may as well not fly. I'd suggest finding another form of transportation because you won't be getting on a plane if you REFUSE to have your bag searched. This may also lead you to being further detained by airport police for suspicious behavior. You won't have to worry about TSA going through your bag but then it would be the airport police going through your stuff...oh & THEY can also arrest you for any little thing. So it's easier & faster to just let the TSA officer search your stuff without bitching & moaning about it. It's really a time saver.

You pretentious teenagers are hilarious. Does it feel nice to insult anyone who actually has to get a job, since their mommy and daddy doesn't pay for everything like yours does? You kids are the type that wont last a year in college because you have no clue what the real world is like.

ya i'm a teen and i gotta agree with the TSA guy, he doesn't come across as arrogant and anything and sure theres assholes in that business, but the couple of times i've gotten stopped and searched (once with apparently illegal starfish and coral (even though they were dead....)) the people by and large were pretty friendly

My friend travels alot and he is Arab. He wears this white sock on his head that has some of his hair in it, and he has a middle-eastern hairstyle. He gets his luggage checked and additional screening 9 out of 10 times. I don't think that's fair.

My boyfriend is arabic as well and gets checked for hours each time he goes out of the country.

@83 Almost as funny as you pretentious old people.

1. I find it really, really hard to have any respect for somebody whose username is "UrStoopid." 2. I think everybody knows that checked baggage is checked. But thanks for clearing that bit up. 3. Do your motherfucking job and shut up about how hard it is. Other people have jobs that routinely put them in the face of death every single day, and they don't bitch about it half as much as you do. Plus, they don't get to please their age and racial profiling desires as much as you do.

$15+? Really? Is that soposed to be alot? Im 15 and make $15 an hour! And medical benifits... both my parents jobs pay completly, not half, and they both get payed $65+ and hour, $90 if its overtime. I dont know how someone could live of $15 an hour.

#152, you sound kind of spoiled. Consider yourself lucky and stop thinking it would be so terrible if you were making less. Most teens are making only $8-10/hour. Your parents are making an exceptional amount of money. You're only 15, you're going to get a huge reality check when you graduate from college and get a $40,000 a year entry level job, if your money habits lead you to believe that $15 an hour can't support you and $120,000 a year salary like your parents' is the norm. $15 an hour full-time works out to $2,400 a month. An apartment in the city is $600 a month including utilities with a roommate, groceries are $200 a month, and that gives you $1,600 a month for miscellaneous bills and other neat expenses. Try doing that as a college student with only 20 hours a week... I know plenty who do it, while paying out of their pocket for school.

that was one of the stupidest things ive ever seen anyone say.... "My parents make 65 dollars an hour." #152, what do your parents exactly do, full time, 65 dollars an hour would pay to be over 150,000 dollars more than the president makes.....im pretty sure youre mistaken about exactly how much they make.... grow up and dont lie about what they make to make yourself sound cool...

Flying is not a right but a privilege. Sort of like how you need a license to drive a car.

Way to go! I'm sick of hearing so much whining!! Sad as it would be, one day is all it would take-there should be no searches of baggage, and maybe something bad enough would happen to wake people up.

weewoo12 #155...YOU ARE AN IDIOT. Enough said.

X-Ray machines are not very successful-they are just a precaution. Nothing beats old fashion handwork.