Originally Posted by
MissChief
Beware the young or embittered security person who starts off impolitely. They can make an unpleasant start to your whole day. Silence and compliance are the order of the day. No jokes, minimal eye contact, and a gentle complaint to their manager once they have finished running the rule over you. This nastiness can often apply in the UK, USA, and especially in Canada. These people seem to want to prove themselves, or they clearly have an axe to grind about pilots. (In any event, no jests about fire axes).
My very favourite security screening was at the resort Dominican Republic airports; Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, and La Romana. Great mutual respect, smooth process.
Very worst was at Manchester Airport (MAN). Absolutely no surprises there.
I hate going through my Home town airport MAN, so I decided to just live in Asia instead. The reason for Manchester's rude security is because the airport is surrounded by (the projects) the biggest in Europe, full of dodgy people, who's going to get to the airport for 3am to start work, mostly the people that surround the airport. There's some good ones, when I worked there in the shops, one guy used to wink at me a lot and gave me the soft pat down.