Originally Posted by
goalie
well done PTravel ^^^, you handled it the way one should. don't get mad and start yelling but simply play by the rules and call the tsa (or in this case, a tsa subcontractor) on their own rules (and point out their own mistakes (gee, i forgot to take my laptop out of the bag and no one caught it)
As it happens, I had a tube of toothpaste in my toiletry kit that I completely forgot about -- needless to say, they missed it.