Yeah it sounds a bit weird. But like I said, I'll live & now I can warn the wife what to expect, so she knows it's normal, and doesn't think she is being randomly singled out.
I think she'll still afraid from the time she left a bag unattended in the intl' baggage claim at ORD just for a second, and when she returned to it, so did a customs offcr and he told his dogs to "SNIFF HER."
-A