My sister insisted on carrying her nail clippers in her carryon bags when we flew in Kenya, despite getting busted with them and having to move them to checked luggage (they screen before you check in). I have no idea why she bothered--I don't think it was a faulty memory.
My underwire hasn't set a machine off in ages, and for that I'm glad. I preemptively take off as much as possible (shoes, belt, whatever) and would hate to lose the skivvies. I do have to remember to think before dressing for security checks, which is annoying.
Sara, how did you get to see? I'm always curious.
Pre-TSA, a co-worker of mine managed to fly with two laptops in one bag, and they only checked one, and a bone saw on edge next to both of them. That wasn't spotted either. I hope they work more angles now, or something else to catch those.
Speaking as an atheist, I think evangelical atheism is the weirdest thing ever.
Well, when I was in my angry atheist stage in college, I was part of an atheist group that did stuff you could call "evangelising." Nothing as wacky as this, though.
I've always gotten patted down in the airport...chair and metal detectors, you know. ALWAYS a giant deal.
The couple times when I was using a wheelchair when travelling, they really didn't pat me down much at all. It was weird.
I don't think it's the chair--I think Erika has a "Danger to Authority" glint in her eye.
I, on the other hand, completely fail to.
Which I'm okay with.
I had a newly-bought box of Kodak film set off the bomb detectors once. No idea what chemical Wal Mart was spraying its racks with to give that kind of a false positive reading.
The last time I flew they swabbed mt digital camera and iPod at the Halifax airport. It always has the tightest security. Things get checked there that never get checked elsewhere.
Sara, how did you get to see? I'm always curious.
The set up at the Killeen airport made it hard to not see and at BWI when I get through security before my bag. Easy enough to stand off to the side and look over their shoulder.
And if you aren't supposed to be able to do that, well.... there is a reason I don't the rules seriously. So inconsistently applied as to basically render them a joke.
Easy enough to stand off to the side and look over their shoulder.
Believe me, I've tried, but the baggage roller thing is so long that you'd need to walk yards at LAX and then back around to see the screens.
Now, if I could travel with someone else in a separate line, maybe we could time it so...but I never fly with other people.
