My husband, 22 month old and myself had a bad experience at Long Beach Airport, due to two TSA employees, both who just happened to be male. The first individual was stationed by the metal detector station. I was traveling with my toddler for the first time, so I was a bit overwhelmed, even though Long Beach is a small airport. Both my husband and I forgot to take my son out of the lightweight stroller. As I approached the metal detector, the TSA worker said in a condescending manner, "The stroller needs to go on the belt." So, I smiled, nodded and told my husband that I would walk my son through, and informed him that our son's car seat would also have to go on through the belt. I was almost through the metal detector when I realized that my son had a small car in his hand. The TSA employee frowned, and said with an even more crisp tone, "He can't walk through with that! It needs to go on the belt." I politely said, "I didn't know...I didn't see it." As I approached the metal detector for the third time, he said "Let's try to make thiis painless...let's try to make this painless..." I walked through the metal detector without speaking. Although I have respect for TSA employees, I was very disappointed that he would talk to me that way, especially in front of my young son. But, the story does not end there... Naturally, there was a long line, as they only had one metal detector operating, so the items that went through the belt were backed up, too. As I approached the end of the belt to get my things, another TSA employee said, "Maam, you can't leave your stuff there...You have to remove it from the belt." Geez...I've had better experiences at LAX. Fortunately, one of the employees was nice. She said "hi" to my son and gave him a sticker. However, the other two were very disrespectful read more