Yours truly, the TSA

While opening my bag to unpack from a recent trip to Florida, it was not the unexpected white piece of paper placed directly upon my belongings that I noticed first, but the tossed and twisted items inside. My once neatly folded and strategically placed items to ensure a perfect fit, were now a jumbled mess. It was after the first couple moments of shock that I took notice of the paper.
It had been placed there by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the note explained that my bag had been chosen at random for an extensive security screening. It apologized for any inconvenience caused but later stated that they were not responsible for any damages. My first reaction was one of frustration.
After re-reading the piece of paper I remembered vividly just a couple of hours before when I was in the airport. Men and woman who appeared to be only a few years older than I had been wearing blue jackets with TSA written across the back in large, yellow letters.
It was not their jackets that caught my attention, but rather their behavior. It consisted of playful hitting and giggling and even making plans for later that night. Are these the kinds of people that are supposed to be stopping the terrorists? Is that what you call professionalism?
 The fact that people are being paid to protect airports and flyers from harm were behaving in such a way and then searching through my bags made me even angrier.
The TSA as a whole does serve an important purpose, but I do not see the real benefits of the services they provided to me.
I would think their so called “fielded sophisticated technology” should be enough to detect any dangerous items. It was in fact the x-ray image of a box-cutter that caught the attention of officers at Tampa International Airport recently. Human searches could simply not have found this as it was concealed strategically in a compartment of a novel.
Not only does the TSA have the right to search your luggage, they also have the right to break locks to do so. They claim no responsibility for damages on locks or your belongings, which gives them the ultimate power to handle your belongings however they please. A simple lift or shift of clothes and items in my bag would have confirmed there was nothing but my wardrobe and school books.
Instead it appeared that someone reached down to the bottom of my bag and carelessly terrorized the items inside.
I do not wish to generalize TSA employees as careless and unproffesional. I just wish that those that I encountered would do their job in a more respectful and responsible manner.