This Stupidly Long Airport Security Line At Chicago Midway Is Everyone's Worst Nightmare

#1 The TSA's security checks are one of the most loathed parts of travelling.

They're basically the boogeymen of the airport who have the legal right to stick their fingers pretty much anywhere they please if you piss them off.

#2 Savannah Barry, a 16-year-old Type 1 diabetic, uses an insulin pump that can malfunction when exposed to technology used in airport screenings.

When she passed through the Salt Lake City airport for a flight home to Denver in May, she asked for a pat-down, but Transportation Security Administration workers directed her to pass through a scanner. Her parents weren't there -- she was on a school trip -- but she trusted TSA agents to guide her.

But the pump makers could no longer guarantee that Savannah was receiving the correct amount of insulin after it passed through the scanner, and it had to be replaced.

#3 Savannah's story became another milestone in travelers' collective loathing,

annoyance and exasperation with the 50,000-person agency charged with protecting the nation's transportation systems. Travel industry watchers say the mood toward the TSA isn't at its worst right now, but it's at risk of getting there.

#4 While the TSA doesn't count grumbles as fliers remove their shoes or leave behind oversized shampoo bottles,

the number of complaints received by phone or e-mail has decreased, according to TSA data. The numbers this year are lower than in recent years past: 1,294 complaints total in March, the most recent month for which data are available. That's down from a peak of 4,027 in May 2004, the highest number since the TSA began to track and release complaint data eight years ago.

#5 Since the start of 2010, the highest number of complaints 18,196 related to damage claims for checked bags,

problems for which airlines and the TSA share liability. (It's also the area that experienced the biggest decreases in recent complaint tallies.) In second place, at 10,187, were complaints about treatment of personal property at security checkpoints.

#6 Unofficial complaints about the TSA go way beyond frustration over wrapped holiday gifts and suspicious baked goods.

Critics say it's ineffective, inconsistent and unconstitutional; that it's not actually making travelers safer and creates a false sense of security; that its officers are poorly trained, its equipment unsafe and its methods embarrassing.

#7 Passengers trying to catch a plane from Chicago Midway yesterday know this all too well.

A YouTube video uploaded by Sean H shows just how ridiculous this line to end all lines was...

Assuming that Sean is walking at around 4 miles an hour, that line is about 600 feet long. Have fun with that.

#8 Users on Reddit were just as shocked as you probably were...

#9 Eul seems to have been radicalized by the line.

#10 While Quazijoe speculates just how long people have been queuing up.

#11 Glitchling shared yet another reason to hate the TSA.

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#13 While DoxBox pointed out the flaw with 'security lines.'

#14 And it's not like airports like this 'security theater' that's forced upon them either.

A recent security audit found that TSA scanners failed to stop explosives and weapons 96% of the time. So yeah, it's pretty damn pointless.