Originally Posted by Punki
This, robodeer, was the first time that any TSA agent has told me that I had to remove my jewelry to go through security.
i asked the question to see your previous experiences with the system as a whole. "they" being the female screener, and subsequently she let you through without demanding that you had to take it off to pass through. rather she demanded that you take off the jewelry but did not force you to do so to pass through the metal detector.
leading me to the conclusion that either: the previous incident scared the screener to back down like it was mentioned above, or that the screener erroneously told you that you "had" to take off the jewelry when knowing that you were not required to do so-but let you pass through the metal detector knowing it fine for you to wear it.
maybe i'm off base, but i'm trying to understand what exactly you meant by the other message.