Whenever in line for TSA security, there's a little trick that you can try to increase your patience level by a good margin: Remember the large mass of people

Whenever in line for TSA security, there's a little trick that you can try to increase your patience level by a good margin: Remember the large mass of people in front of you will, more than likely, resemble a bell curve of intelligence. This means some of these people are smarter than average, and shouldn't have much of any trouble with the process. This also means half the people are dumber than average, and will find new and innovative ways to mess things up because they didn't read, plan ahead, or are otherwise obvlivious to higher-level thought. It doesn't help with the cause of the problem, but certainly helps with the symptoms.