Originally Posted by
VH-RMD
you may be right, I think another element to the day should be more civil disobediance, carry large bottles of water and leave them in carry-on, leave metal in pockets for multiple WTMD attempts (then opt outs), not just opt outs to be treated 'second' but lots of 'forgetting' the 'rules'...
I should bother with this more. I've honestly forgotten and a couple of times they didn't stop me. Once, I had a 12 oz can of coke in the mesh pocket of my backpack. It went right through the x-ray. Then I got selected for the explosives wipedown. The clerk dutifully wiped down my entire pack, including the mesh pocket with the coke can clearly visible. It came back clean, so I was on my way and enjoyed my coke in the airport.