Originally Posted by DJ Bitterbarn

As this is the singular largest pet peeve I have about flying, it may sound bad, so a diatribe is coming on the topic. The easy part is not hitting someone with my now-arcing bag. The hard part is motivating myself to avoid doing it. Some day I'm afraid I'm just not going to care anymore and let someone have it. And while there are already strong feelings on this thread about how lashing out at the belt lice is unacceptable and while I'm normally a very polite person (otherwise I'd be right up there, all elbows, mobbing the belt), there's something about airports that brings out the stupidest in people. Or in my case, the urge to send a 60lb bag arcing off and laying someone right out.