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Old Aug 23, 2009, 3:40 pm
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Originally Posted by Bart
I don't disagree that the signs should be updated. I was explaining why they weren't updated immediately. Hell, the ink was barely dry before the change came out.

Still, this isn't a government conspiracy. It's more like government bureaucracy. You call it incompetence, and that's fair. I've worked with government agencies long enough to know that this, too, comes with the territory.

I don't lose any sleep over it.
You're right - it is incompetence. How could TSA NOT account for the fact that 95% of the world uses the metric system when coming up with the policy?

Of course, given the stupidity of the policy, it makes sense that it would be stupidly implemented.
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