Originally Posted by cb1111

Where do you get notion from? It is obvious that the screener was at fault, but I believe (from personal experience - but obviously not with that screener) that she could have easily resolved the issue at the checkpoint - but then we wouldn't be discussing this.

No supervisor would have supported taking the meds. Perhaps they would have made her dump the ice that was melting, but no supervisor would have dumped the meds - unless there is more to this story than we know about.

I don't work TSA, nor do I like their methodology, but they have a crappy mission and are doing it with barely trainable people.