Last trip I had stateside, I flew through San Francisco. Going through security to catch my domestic connection, my bag was selected because it was "suspicious". The lady took it to a table and proceded to dig through it. Mind you, not in a way that would look for something of danger, but in a way that would look for something barely qualifiable as "against the rules".
She found my amenity kit. She dug around in it, trying to read what each small item was. AH HA! The culprit was found. My 1 oz free-from-the-plane-toothpaste (this was before the slight ease of restriction) had stowed away in my kit. It was so small that I didn't see it when I removed crap that might make me dislike tsa even more.
I could tell that she felt so empowered and vindicated that she found my evil breath enhancement device. She even went as far as to make a snide comment about how I chose to carry on a selection of things...
The main problem I have with all of this is that there are are about 723476772 ways to make weapons... 17 of which are on a list of restricted plane items. Terrorism works. If you let it.
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Last trip I had stateside, I flew through San Francisco. Going through security to catch my domestic connection, my bag was selected because it was "suspicious". The lady took it to a table and proceded to dig through it. Mind you, not in a way that would look for something of danger, but in a way that would look for something barely qualifiable as "against the rules".
She found my amenity kit. She dug around in it, trying to read what each small item was. AH HA! The culprit was found. My 1 oz free-from-the-plane-toothpaste (this was before the slight ease of restriction) had stowed away in my kit. It was so small that I didn't see it when I removed crap that might make me dislike tsa even more.
I could tell that she felt so empowered and vindicated that she found my evil breath enhancement device. She even went as far as to make a snide comment about how I chose to carry on a selection of things...
The main problem I have with all of this is that there are are about 723476772 ways to make weapons... 17 of which are on a list of restricted plane items. Terrorism works. If you let it.