Originally Posted by
kipper
I'm simply offering another solution to the "problem." Other solutions, if they don't want to be "scolded for" their solutions, include buying a box the next time they're in the US, or asking someone in the US to ship them a box.
I'm not saying the rule isn't flawed, or that they shouldn't continue to use their methods. However, I'm making other suggestions, rather than just whining about the problem and the rule.
I understand you are just trying to list options. However, you should understand that my problem illustrates that of many foreign travelers. I provided a number of perfectly reasonable substitutes for the US ZipLock (including a used US ZipLock purchased one of the few times I had the time to visit a supermarket), but had trouble with all of them. Should I really have to go to unreasonable levels of action because these rules and the people enforcing them are so stupid?
The truth is that every time a TSO complains to a foreigner about the size of a metric bag or any other ridiculous thing we donīt have to deal with when traveling in the rest of the World, the US looses more tourism money. I myself only go there for business currently, despite the fact that I have extensive family and friends there.