Most of us don't fly every day so we're already semi stressed and we haven't got all the Mickey Mouse, ever changing rules memorized. It's not our fault you hate your job you'd probably hate any job. No sympathy here.

So many cretins work for TSA --- this FB group just illustrates that fact. How incredibly pathetic.

Honestly, it is way better that I was expected. If these are their worst vents, I'd say most of them are very polite and patient people. Let’s admit there are way too many selfish, entitled, crazy or aggressive passengers at any given airport; add stress and alcohol to that, and imaging having to deal with them all day long.

"A Secret Facebook Group With 18,000 People". What might be wrong with this caption. Secret and only has 18000 members...hm....still thinking about it...

You gotta know how to handle people. Like how to respond to those who complain about other airports being different. Simply tell them it's to keep them safe. If every airport used the same procedures, the 'bad guys' would know what to avoid. You're welcome.

Aside from the kid in the stroller one, I don't have a problem with any of these. These are not bad vents. This is reality and you could do the same sort of group for any group of employees that deal with humans on a daily basis and you'd hear the same kind of stuff.

I hope nobody gets in trouble for this. They have a sucktastic job and they are just venting. Let them vent.

I used to work for TSA and I remember staff looking forward to difficult passengers because they entertained us. The day is so monotonous until some passenger starts freaking out and yelling about being patted down or having their luggage searched. For us it was like watching TV.

So? Almost every work type has these secret FB groups. Hell, I belong to one for the wives of what my husband does for a living because it's so freaking specific very few people understand the lifestyle. I guess I don't get the big deal. It's the same as all those waiter/waitress groups that post giant festivus complaints about their customers.

Its a secret group and some whiny b***h got in and than ratted them out, stop being offended

This is pretty normal. Most everyone that works with people has a vent board, in fact there are entire reddit communities dedicated to the nonsense that customers pull/try to pull.

I have been to the USA a few times and also got internal flights , every time they treat me like c**p and its not even a race thing, I am white British so God knows how bad it is if you are Non white, there are a few reasons Ill never go back to America, TSA are just one. Interestingly the people that do this job in my experience in Australia,Thailand,Hong Kong,Sri Lanka,Japan,Greece,Italy are all friendly and professional it is literally JUST America.

Well, y'know, back at 'em on charges of idiocy and similar. I was a regular "target". (Do they share info on passengers who are a "good patdown"?!) And my complaint? Laughed off. "What did you expect?"... BTW, the female agent "in the room"? Had her back turned and/or was staring at a phone each of the *four* times this happened. And I ain't that shapely. One confiscated my bra, btw, and shook the plastic "underwires" at me like I'd tried to kill someone. Yep, tore apart the bra to prove it was dangerous and he had reason to grope. Ugh.

The TSA screening is stressful, and add to the stress that the rules are different from one airport to another, so we really don't know what to expect. More often than not, when my fellow passengers are confused and do the "wrong" things, TSA agents yell and treat them like they are intentionally disobeying orders. This adds to the stress. It's not too much to ask for consistency. If you are going to make me take my shoes off and present my snacks at one airport, then it should be followed at every airport.

What a bunch of babies. Do your easy job and shut up you douhes

In jobs where the employee comes into contact with a great number of people (like bus drivers), having to deal with hundreds of what would be a small conflict in each case causes a quick burn-out. These people are probably severely depressed, too. It's smug to judge them because anyone could turn into them doing their job.

At least they're venting to each other, and not you.

You don't know until you "walk a mile in her shoes." Just remember, our job is to make sure you get there in one piece. And the passengers stare liplessly. Would be nice if management were more intelligent, and work in the lines once a week. One day and this new supe was sweating like the Wookie costume. Told him I really admired him. Then later he "forgot" how it was.

I'm just so glad I stopped flying in 1996.... what b******t.

Going through any airport is a c**p shoot.

TSA is a joke. It's nothing more than security theater, giving uneducated idiots power to hurt people and earn money at the same time. Take a good look at these folks. You'd normally cross the street to avoid most of them, and yet they have unlimited power to feel you up, verbally abuse you, and steal your stuff. ....///... I actually had one of these idiots threaten to arrest me because I stood where I could keep my eyes on the backpack that they had taken away from me...that was full of expensive electronics. I told them to knock themselves out, my lawyer is on speed dial.

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Read a few and I dont see how they can even run a work facebook group & + public comments about whatI I guess are customers or clients? I don’t know what TSA actually is so...Hey fuckwits! If we lined u lot up and marched around you for a few moments followed by a bit of Facebook Comment Time, you’d be crying to yourself, your bosses and your Twitter account. But hang on! You don’t need to cry cos We (rest of the normal human race) would Never Post such terrible trash. So U r all good. How about you cut some others a little slack eh?

What horrible people!