Originally Posted by
SkyTeam777
In PHL today, I asked the TSA agent that went through every corner of my bag (that has been with me for five weeks through probably more than 15 airports without problem overseas), what exactly should I not bring next time that might be concerning. She said, "organic matter." I said, "what does that mean." She said, "I can't tell you." My jaw dropped...so you're violating my property...opening personal gifts I have brought for people without my consent, but can't tell me why?
Can someone please point me to official documentation as to why? You can read the ingredients on the food package? Why open the entire thing so that is no longer sanitary? I have had TSA break zippers and even glass items in my bag and shrug before walking away...someone with no educational background should not be given this power. It's beyond insane...they feed on it.
"I can't tell you" means "I don't know, but I will act like I do by being authoritative." Anyone who didn't sleep through high school chemistry knows that the definition of "organic" is any chemical compound with a carbon base -- the building block of life as we know it. Telling clerks to search for "organics" sounds sinister, terroristic and invokes freedom-saving motivation. Next time, tell her that she has about 500 ML of organics at this very instant inside her body (average capacity of the human bladder)! (Urea (i.e.: urine) = CH4N2O )