Glad to see I'm not the only one who feels this way. They even handled me with the upmost courtesy when I mislaid my passport in Chicago & between all the tooing & froing I went to board my aircraft 15 minutes before take off. In my haste I schrieked at one of them 'Where's the gate', the startled TSA man enquired 'Seattle?' & politely pointed me in the correct direction. I honestly think he was more scared of me than I could have been of him, I gave him such a fright. Couldn't imagine being allowed to board an aircraft anywhere in Europe 15 minutes before take off mind you the airline had been warned in advance of my dilemma
Any concerns I had with the TSA were dealt with politely & apologetically when I emailed them on my return home. Many people seem to consider them initimidating, I found them all very nice, ordinary, approachable people just doing their job
