Originally Posted by lovely15

Got to the checkpoint (PreCheck, no less), and the following ensued:

TSO: we need to check your bag
Me: Ok....
TSO (digs through, finds charts, starts waving them around): What are these?
Me (confused, but seeing an opportunity): Looks like a low altitude enroute chart and approach plates to me
TSO: Why do you have these?
Me: Why do you want to know?
...
TSO (looking suspicious): I'm going to have to throw these out
(tosses them in garbage can)