Originally Posted by
Chrisinhouston
Flew out of Shanghai 2 years ago. My wife and I carry our empty water bottles through security and filled them from a water fountain near the gate. Went to board and they were demanding no carry on liquids of any kind so we just emptied ours out into the can causing quite a mess. Others who bought water at the concessions were made to throw them out and were pretty mad!
I did something similar 3 weeks ago at SYD (Sydney). 1.5 hours on the ground, remaining in secure area and getting back on the same flight. SYD insists on re-screening before allowing passengers back to re-board.
So, I got off the plane and followed the crowd to re-screening, carrying my water bottle which contained about 30 mls of water. There was nowhere to empty the bottle. At screening, I explained that it was water in the bottle and offered to drink it - "Oh no, Madam, you can't do that." (Why not?) When I asked where I could empty the bottle, I was told that the restrooms were way down the corridor. I asked if I could empty the bottle into the bin and that was also refused.
After some discussion (and my again requesting to be allowed to drink the water), I ended up by emptying the water onto the floor, to the annoyance of all, including me. Not proud of what I did, but still annoyed at having been placed in that situation.
The following week, at STN, my carry-on was re-screened and searched 3 times, all because a novice screener kept mistaking a jar of powder for a bottle of liquid in my carry-on. In the previous 3 weeks, that same powder had been screened through AKL, SYD, DXB, LHR, LGW, VCE, SOU, and BES, all without being queried.