Maybe he trained for his groping certification on a camel and developed a special bond with the boys and misses them?

Their guidelines on leaving electronics in the bag are pretty specific about clutter in the bag, if they can't clearly see the ipad or kindle or whatever, they may take it out or do a visual or whatever for a better look. I tend to carry a ton of stuff in a small bag, it's just been easier to take the netbook out all the time than deal with the one in ten people who want to hassle over it.