Originally Posted by
sailman
I explained that I wanted to keep my possessions under my "control" at all times by seeng them enter and leave the scanner, and it was difficult to do so without placing them on the floor first. He merely repeated more emphatically the same thing.
I didn't happen with my belongings on the floor, but with me wanting to see my bags again after they had entered the scanner one morning at DFW last month. All my stuff went thru but this TSO didn't want me to go thru the metal detector. I was standing there and he was there waiting but not allowing me to enter the other side (he was not busy with any other passenger, other people were busy collecting their things and I was there, standing and waiting, ready to go thru the metal detector). I told him about my belongings. He answered:
"I don't care!"
(he didn't care if I was able to reunite with my belongings or if something got lost).